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Walmart points to ‘uncertain time’ with warning of weaker sales growth

Shares of world’s biggest retailer slide after full-year revenue growth forecast fails to meet Wall Street’s expectations

Walmart rang up record sales but warned of slower growth this year, sending its shares sliding.

The world’s biggest retailer reported full-year revenue of $681bn, the highest of any company worldwide and up by 5.1 per cent, or $32.9bn, from the year before. Operating income rose 8.6 per cent, near the lower end of management’s previous guidance.

For the current financial year, Walmart predicted weaker growth, with a rise of 3 to 4 per cent in net sales and 3.5 to 5.5 per cent in adjusted operating profit in newly published guidance, a deceleration from last year if realised. 

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