Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2019

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly financial information

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2019
(Amounts in millions, except per share data)	Q1		Q2			Q3		Q4		Total
Total revenues	$	122,690	$	128,028		$	124,894	$	138,793	$	514,405
Net sales	121,630		127,059			123,897		137,743		510,329
Cost of sales	91,707		95,571			93,116		104,907		385,301
Consolidated net income (loss)	2,276		(727		)	1,817		3,813		7,179
Consolidated net income (loss) attributable to Walmart	2,134		(861		)	1,710		3,687		6,670
Basic net income (loss) per common share attributable to Walmart	0.72		(0.29		)	0.58		1.27		2.28
Diluted net income (loss) per common share attributable to Walmart(1)	0.72		(0.29		)	0.58		1.27		2.26
	Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2018
	Q1		Q2			Q3		Q4		Total
Total revenues	$	117,542	$	123,355		$	123,179	$	136,267	$	500,343
Net sales	116,526		121,949			122,136		135,150		495,761
Cost of sales	87,688		91,521			91,547		102,640		373,396
Consolidated net income	3,152		3,104			1,904		2,363		10,523
Consolidated net income attributable to Walmart	3,039		2,899			1,749		2,175		9,862
Basic net income per common share attributable to Walmart	1.00		0.96			0.59		0.74		3.29
Diluted net income per common share attributable to Walmart(1)	1.00		0.96			0.58		0.73		3.28

(1) The sum of quarterly amounts may not agree to annual amount due to rounding and the impact of a decreasing amount of shares outstanding during the year.