Walmart Q1 Adj. EPS $1.69 Beats $1.21 Estimate, Sales $138.30B Beat $131.95B Estimate

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) reported quarterly earnings of $1.69 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.21 by 39.67 percent. This is a 43.22 percent increase over earnings of $1.18 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $138.30 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $131.95 billion by 4.81 percent. This is a 2.73 percent increase over sales of $134.62 billion the same period last year.