Walmart Stock Split Feb 26

It's going to be around $56/share. I think they try to keep the share price down for employees. I have a medium sized position already.

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if you invested $1,000 in Walmart stock 20 years ago, today it would be worth only about $4,400. The same thousand bucks invested in an S&P 500 ETF would be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $6,500 today.

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Does that include the dividend?

I think WMT is a little pricey here, but if you invested $1000 into WMT 30 years ago, it would be worth about $20,052 vs $18,359 in SPY.

Also, if you invested $1000 into WMT 17 years ago, it would be worth $5,165 vs $4,840 in SPY.

My point is 20 years is a bit arbitrary and is obviously looking in the rear view mirror.
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Long term owner of WMT. It was my largest holding 30 years ago. It did have a long run of being stale, but the past 5 years or so have been solid. PE is 28. That is a little high; many good stocks are on the high side these days. The company numbers have been strong the past few years and are tracking well for this year. They are on a January year-end fiscal year and will have end of year reporting out soon. I think it is a buy right now.

I can never understand the allure of stock splits as a buying advantage. How do splits translate to a buying advantage? You own the same percentage in the same company before the split vs after the split.

Why are 2 shares at $5 better than 1 share at $10?? I just don't get it.