It carries a Zacks Rank No. 3 (Hold) and has a VGM Score of A. The company has experienced a solid earnings estimate revision of 4 cents for the year (ending January 2019) over the past week, and it has an expected earnings growth rate of 8.82%. WMT stock is part of a bottom-ranked Zacks industry ( bottom 8% ) (read: Wal-Mart Blockbuster Q2 Earnings Pushes Consumer ETFs Higher ).