The institutional investor purchased 7,034,053 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $796,677,000. GetWalmartalerts: Gold and Bitcoin Are Rebounding—2 ETFs Give Investors a Different Kind of Exposure A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of WMT. Analysts Set New Price Targets Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. 00 price objective on shares of Walmart in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company.