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radio show. I'm Chris Hill joining me this week, Senior Analyst Jason Moser and Emily

Flippin. Good to see you both.

Hey Chris. We've got the latest headlines from Wall Street. Nell Minnow is our guest this

week and as always we've got a couple of stocks on our radar but we begin with big retail

shares of Walmart down a bit this week despite the fact that third quarter profits and revenue

were higher than expected. So were their same store sales and they raised guidance Jason.

This is pretty much everything you would want going into the holiday quarter if you're

Walmart. Yeah, I think you're right. I mean I think the theme going into this quarter was

really all about margins and inventory at least for investors. I mean this is about margins

and inventory. Those are the two biggest questions because we know people are shopping.

People are moving forward, they're getting out there shopping. It's going to be a busy

holiday season but will there be stuff to buy? According to Walmart, yes, there will be.

If you look at the most recent quarter revenue was up 4.3%, $140.5 billion they raked

in. Walmart, US comps grew 9.2% transactions were up 5.7%. And they even grew e-commerce

sales 8% for the quarter. That's coming off of some very robust performance here over

the past year and a half or so for obvious reasons. But I think that's noteworthy that

8%. Now to the margin side, they are witnessing some gross margin pressure that margin was

down about 50 basis points, mostly on supply chain pressures and a higher mix of fuel sales,

operating income was down a tick as well. But in regard to this holiday season, inventory

levels are up 11.5% from last year. So they're in a very good spot. They raised guidance

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