WMT Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

WMT insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at Walmart Inc. only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 37 Form 4 sales totaling $1.88B, against no open-market purchases.

Most of the selling was pre-scheduled: 26 of the 37 sales (70.3%) were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, which are set up in advance and say less about an insider's current view than discretionary sales. Activity clustered in 2026-02 (9 trades) and 2025-11 (7 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-26. The average open-market sale price was $119.08; the last close of $118.81 is 0.2% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 4,145,744 shares worth $439.26M on 2025-11-21. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -2.8%, from $122.18.

Where WMT trades relative to its one-year range

Walmart Inc. closed at $118.81 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $100.61 to $134.20. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 54.2% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +11.6%, and over roughly three months +4.0%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 22,664,418 shares.

Across 12 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 53) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +29.3%. WMT is behind that median and beat 42% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded WMT

STOCK Act disclosures show 74 trades in WMT by 26 members of Congress over five years (44 purchases, 30 sales), most recently on 2026-09-25. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 22 trades; Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), 8 trades; Julie Johnson (D-TX), 4 trades; Kathy E. Manning (D-NC), 4 trades; Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), 4 trades.

By party the trades split 48 by Democrats, 26 by Republicans; by chamber, 71 from the House, 3 from the Senate.

WMT lobbying disclosures

Walmart Inc. appears in 14 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $2.48M in reported lobbying spend.

Compare WMT with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to WMT:

• BJ one-year return +10.7%
• COST one-year return +6.9%
• DG one-year return +29.3%
• TGT one-year return +71.3%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-26
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-25
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

WMT data questions

Are WMT insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at Walmart Inc. only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 37 Form 4 sales totaling $1.88B, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for WMT?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, WMT traded between $100.61 and $134.20, last closing at $118.81.

Has any member of Congress traded WMT stock?

Yes. 26 members disclosed 74 trades in WMT over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-25.