Walmart’s future remains bright

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Dear Client: Back in January, we named Walmart our #1 Conservative Buy for 2021 given the protections it offered investors from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, even as the pandemic is waning, we still like Walmart’s prospects. Earlier lockdowns helped attract new customers for the retailer’s e-commerce and home delivery services, and it’s likely many of them will remain regular users. The company’s huge scale continues to help it cope with supply shortages and rising costs for most retailers. Full shelves during the busy holiday shopping season should also lift its market share—and its stock price—for years to come. WALMART INC. $147 is your #1 Conservative buy for 2021. The company (New York symbol WMT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.8 billion; Market cap: $411.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.walmart.com) is the world’s largest retailer with 11,566 outlets in 24 countries. Those stores serve a total of 265 million customers each week. Walmart’s 4,742 locations in the U.S. supply…