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We recently published a list of S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats List: Sorted By Hedge Fund Sentiment. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) stands against other S&P 500 dividend aristocrats sorted by hedge fund sentiment.

After hitting record highs over the past two sessions, the S&P 500 stepped back Thursday. The S&P 500 declined by 0.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 1.0% and the Nasdaq moved lower by 0.5%.

Few were willing to be bullish, given a drubbing took the S&P 500 down 24% between the end of 2021 and the end of September 2022. Yet, not everyone was caught off-guard by the rally that catapulted stocks to back-to-back 20% returns in 2023 and 2024.

Consumer-focused stocks were the worst performers on the S&P 500 on Thursday after Walmart Inc.'s earnings guidance left investors disappointed. The consumer discretionary sector was the worst performer on the S&P 500,

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Stocks moved lower on Thursday, a day after the S&P 500 hit a fresh all-time high, while retail giant Walmart slid after issuing a disappointing outlook.

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Thursday as Walmart shares slide and the S&P 500 retreats after tallying back-to-back record highs.

Stock futures were struggling to find direction early Friday after dropping on Thursday. Earnings from Walmart, which competes with Amazon as the country’s biggest retailer, have cast a pall over the outlook for consumer spending—the biggest part of the economy.

The stock market is in for a wild week if this morning’s trading is any indication. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were both trading higher again after opening up, then falling suddenly on little news.

At 11:03 am Eastern Time (9:33 pm in India), the DJIA was barely in the green, quoting 15.1 points higher for the day at 43,443.1. At the same time, the S&P 500 was down 20.4 points, or 0.3 per cent,