Walmart Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results

•Total revenue was $123.4 billion, an increase of $2.5 billion, or 2.1%. Excluding currency3, total revenue was $124.4 billion, an increase of $3.5 billion, or 2.9%.
•Walmart U.S. comp sales1 increased 1.8% with traffic growth of 1.3%, marking the twelfth consecutive quarter with positive comp sales.
•E-commerce growth at Walmart U.S. remained strong, led by organic growth through Walmart.com. Net sales and GMV grew 60% and 67%, respectively, as customers continued to respond well to new initiatives and an expanded assortment of more than 67 million SKUs.
•Net sales at Walmart International were $28.3 billion, a decrease of 1.0%. Excluding currency3, net sales were $29.3 billion, an increase of 2.5%. Nine of eleven markets posted positive comp sales.
•Second quarter EPS included a charge of $0.17 for loss on extinguishment of debt in connection with the company’s recently completed debt tender offers. This discrete charge was partially offset by the gain from the sale of the Suburbia business in Mexico, which benefited EPS by $0.05.
more details at: http://news.walmart.com/2017/08/17/walmart-us-q2-comps-1-grew-18-and-walmart-us-ecommerce-gmv-2-grew-67

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