Walmart as a persuasive sales pitch.

2. Under The Guidance
Dr. S. Victor Anandkumar
Associate Professor
Department of Management Studies
School of Management
By
Basil John
Roll No:15397013
I st Year M.B.A
Department Of
Management Studies
School Of Management

3. OUTLINE
• About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Mission Statement
• History of Wal-Mart
• Introduction
• Divisions of Wal-Mart
• Overview of Wal-Mart
• Brand Power & Social Networking
• Why Should I Buy Walmart Stock ?
• Revenue
• References

4. • Walmart is an American multinational retail corporation
Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States.
• Operates a chain of discount department stores and warehouse stores.
• Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue, according to the
Fortune Global 500 list in 2014
• It is also one of the world's most valuable companies by market value

5. Founders
Key people

6. Mission Statement
"The secret of successful retailing is to give
your customers what they want. And
really, if you think about it from your point
of view as a customer, you want
everything: a wide assortment of good-
quality merchandise; the lowest possible
prices; guaranteed satisfaction with what
you buy; friendly, knowledgeable service;
convenient hours; free parking; a pleasant
shopping experience."
- Sam Walton (1918-1992)

7. • In 1945 Sam Walton opened the first Ben Franklin franchise in
Newport Arkansas and operated them with his wife, Helen and his
brother, Bud.
• In November of 1962 Wal-Mart was opened.
• Wasn’t until mid 1970’s that Wal-Mart began to grow.
• 1st IPO in 1970.
• 1987 - 2 new concept implemented
- Hypermarkets, which sell everything including food
- Supercentres which are scaled down supermarkets
• Then 100 shares were worth $1,650 dollars and now the same 100
shares are worth more than $6 million dollars.
• In 1999 named #1 stock on the Dow.
History of Wal-Mart

8. History of Wal-Mart
History Overview- Timeline
1962: Walten Brothers opened fist Walmart in Arkansas
1970: Walmart became public
1990: 1st National retailer
1991: International Expansion
1993: Creation of “Great Value”
2003: Largest corporation in the world
2012: 50th Anniversary

9. • Walmart is more than just Earth’s largest retailer
• The finances, footprint, and personnel of this behemoth dwarfs
entire industries and countries
• We serve more than 138 million customers per week.
• Wal-Mart employs 2.1 million associates worldwide in more than
3,700 stores in the US and more than 1,500 throughout the rest of
the world.
• Walmart’s epic 400+ billion annual revenues eclipse the GDPs of
more than 170 countries and its 2,100,000 employees would form
the second largest standing army on the planet
Introduction

11. Divisions of WAL-MART
• McLane’s
• Neighborhood Markets
• International
• Sam’s Club
• Supercenters
• Distribution Centers

12. Overview of Wal-Mart
• There are 4 different segments
• Wal-Mart Stores- sales amounted to 64.3%
– Discount Stores- 1,568 U.S
– Supercenters- 1,258 U.S
– Neighborhood Markets- 49 stores U.S
• Sam’s Club- sales amounted to 13.0%
– 525 stores U.S
– Is a member only, cash and carry operations
• International- sales amounted to 16.7%
– Discount stores- 942 Sam’s Clubs- 71
– Supercenters- 238 Neighborhood Market- 37
• Other- amounted to 6.1%
– McLane is the nation’s largest distributor of food and merchandise to convenience
stores

14. Brand Power & Social Networking

15. Why Should I Buy Walmart Stock?

16. Revenue
Years since started

17. Hearts and Minds
• Walmart is the world’s most valuable brand, according to Forbes.
• Walmart moves to the spot No. 1 in 2015 Fortune 500 rankings
• Building a brand as valuable as Walmart takes something special.
Valuation
• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) is a big investor in Walmart.
Many other value investors like the stock too.
• Walmart consistently generates a profit every quarter.
• It is a classic buyer beware stock. It's cheap. But there's a also good reason for
that.

18. Cash
• Wal-Mart has annual sales of $485.5 billion
• Wal-Mart has net profits of $15.84 billion
• Wal-Mart is very shareholder friendly. The company is a Dividend Aristocrat
thanks to its 40+ years of consecutive dividend increases.
• During the past five years, the retail giant has reinvested $68 billion of its
cash flow from operations, paid out $23 billion in dividends and bought back
$39 billion in shares
• Walmart has been paying a dividend since 1973, and its current pay-out — 47
cents, yielding 2.6% — is more than double what it was five years ago.
• Walmart sits on $9 billion in cash and short-term investments, and recorded
$26 billion in operating cash flow for 2012, which all but guarantees those
rewards will keep coming.

19. Quarter Results (Q4) Feb 12,2015
Revenue Earnings Profit Margin
Wal-Mart $485.6 billion $15.5 billion 3.2%
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
NYSE: WMT - 11-Sep-2015 7:58 PM GMT-4
$ 64.63 Price increase 0.51 (0.80%)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Stock Analysis

20. References
• http://stock.walmart.com
• http://www.walmart.com
• http://finance.yahoo.com
• http://Wikipedia.com
• http://investorplace.com
• http://money.cnn.com

21. Thank you for shopping at WAL-MART