Street View: Walmart's alternative profit pools to stay big growth drivers
** Walmart WMT.N raised its annual sales and profit forecasts on Thursday for a second time this year, as Americans worried about inflation flocked to its stores for inexpensive essentials
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** Telsey Advisory Group ("outperform," PT: $82) says WMT is executing at a high level and gaining market share; adds it is encouraged by WMT's expanded vision beyond retail and e-commerce to build a powerful ecosystem including merchant services and last-miledelivery
** Morningstar (fair value: $52) says WMT's recent market share gains are poised to continue and it expects margin expansion in the coming years from e-commerce profitability and high-margin revenue streams like advertising
** J.P. Morgan ("overweight," PT: $83) expects multi-year, double-digit EPS growth for WMT, driven by market share gains, rising alternative profit pools and international segment profit inflection
** Brokerage adds WMT usually benefits when theconsumer becomes value-seeking
** RBC Capital Markets ("outperform," PT: $80) says against a deteriorating consumer backdrop, it sees a unique opportunity for WMT to function in a defensive mode but with long-termEPS potential
Reporting by Gokul Pisharody in Bengaluru
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