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Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2016, as well as the largest private employer in the world with 2.2 million employees. It is a family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises, and through their individual holdings.It is also one of the world's most valuable companies by market value,and is also the largest grocery retailer in the U.S. In 2016, 62.3 percent of Walmart's US$478.614 billion sales came from its U.S. operations.
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Walmart first offered common stock to the public in 1970 and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WMT) on August 25, 1972. We have provided an annual cash dividend, paid quarterly, to shareholders since first declaring a dividend in 1974.
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Discount Stores
Stock Type : Slow Growth
Employees : 2,300,000
Fiscal Year Ends : 2017-01-31
Stock Style :Large Value
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