Walmart Is Starting to Feel the Effects of Tariffs. Is Its Stock in Trouble?

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has made for a fairly resilient stock to own over the years. The big-box retailer often acts as a one-stop shop for customers. Whether they're shopping for birthday presents, groceries, clothes, or prescriptions -- or all of the above -- it often makes sense for customers to simply go to their local Walmart to get everything.As prices have been rising across the economy, Walmart's diverse offerings have helped it to fare much better than rival Target, which depends more heavily on discretionary purchases. And Walmart, being a low-cost leader, has been able to keep its prices relatively steady, even as President Donald Trump's tariffs came into effect.On the company's latest earnings call, however, management seemed to suggest that Walmart could soon be increasing more prices. Considering that the company underperformed expectations in its latest quarter, those price hikes may set up the business for more challenging periods ahead. Given that its stock price is at an all-time high, that could spell trouble for Walmart shareholders.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool