Walmart Aktie News

As the market rotates into consumer staples, consider a cash-secured put on Walmart stock.

Retail giant Walmart went public in 1969, and seemed unstoppable for the next 30 years. It was caught flat-footed by the e-commerce revolution, but has made serious investments in technology since.

Just over a dozen public companies globally have reached the trillion-dollar market cap plateau. Walmart became the newest member of the trillion-dollar club on Feb. 3, with its size, value proposition, and embrace of technology helping to lift its tide.

Walmart's path to becoming the world's largest retailer wasn't an easy one. Shifting consumer behavior and a vastly different retail landscape have been challenging for the company.

After gaining less than 4% in 2025 and finishing second-worst among the S&P 500's 11 sectors, consumer staples stocks are staging a comeback this year.

Walmart is the latest member of the $1 trillion club, which is primarily made up of tech stocks. The discount chain is the world's largest retailer and continues to gain market share by leveraging technology to maintain its advantage.

While most eyes were fixed on big tech and its continuous advancing and pushing of artificial intelligence (AI), the retail giant Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT) was slowly evolving its business and executing a stock market rise that took the retail giant to its record-breaking valuation of $1.02 trillion.

Consumer staples stocks are soaring. Walmart, Costco, Coke and P&G may have fewer AI risks.