Walmart (WMT): FY27 Q2 earnings call, Aug 20, 2026

Thu, Aug 20Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptWalmart

On its Aug 20, 2026 earnings call (FY27 Q2), Walmart said 13 of the 21 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with 20 of 21 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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21 words · 13 settled yes · our count agreed on 20 of 21

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Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Customer 40+ timesYes7171✓65%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 1:53, Customer 40+ times–
Rollback / Roll Back Yes1621✓90%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 6:05, Rollback / Roll Back–
Membership 5+ timesYes1515✓81%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:20, Membership 5+ times–
Marketplace / Market Place Yes1414✓94%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:19, Marketplace / Market Place–
Tariff Yes1317✓89%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 5:00, Tariff–
Gas / Gasoline / Fuel Yes1215✓87%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 15:06, Gas / Gasoline / Fuel–
Pharmacy Yes1111✓69%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 7:38, Pharmacy–
China / India 8+ timesYes1010✓48%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 4:19, China / India 8+ times–
Sparky Yes66✓89%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 12:08, Sparky–
Automation Yes44✓92%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 10:47, Automation–
Retail Yes44✓83%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:15, Retail–
Omnichannel Yes22✓92%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 5:31, Omnichannel–
Prescription Yes11✓38%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 39:37, Prescription–
Million / Billion 8+ timesNo66✓52%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 8:08, Million / Billion 8+ times–
Brick and Mortar No11✗24%n=4+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 59:53, Brick and Mortar–
Competition / Competitor No00✓45%transcripts from the transcript model–
Affordable No00✓42%transcripts from the transcript model–
Automotive No00✓41%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Drone No00✓38%transcripts from the transcript model–
Upper Income No00✓24%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
SNAP / Food Stamp No00✓12%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

20 matches for “Delivery”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

John Furnercompanyprepared · 7:16Hear it 7:14, John Furner

…Growth in Q2 was 19%. Sam's Club U.S. grew e-commerce 26% with delivery from club up triple digits following the launch of our one-hour delivery…

John Furnercompanyprepared · 7:38Hear it 7:34, John Furner

…deliver with speed. Customers and members around the world are getting super-fast deliveries of baskets that include pharmacy, fresh, frozen, fashion, and general merchandise, often…

John Furnercompanyprepared · 8:07Hear it 8:05, John Furner

…customers while maintaining an attractive cost structure. We have now expanded sub-30-minute delivery into 38 markets here in the U.S., giving millions of additional customers…

John Furnercompanyprepared · 8:31Hear it 8:29, John Furner

The advances we are making in speed of delivery create another reason for customers to choose Walmart for more shopping occasions. That is an important…

John David Raineycompanyprepared · 16:59Hear it 16:53, John David Rainey

…e-commerce grew 24% in Q2, with over 40% sales growth in store-fulfilled deliveries, 20% growth in average weekly customers, and over 50% growth in Marketplace…

Where the listed words were said

John Furnercompany“Customer (40+)” · prepared · 1:55Hear it 1:54, John Furner

…start by thanking our associates around the world. Their commitment to serving customers and members every day is what drives our business, and the results…

John Furnercompany“Rollback / Roll Back” · prepared · 6:07Hear it 6:05, John Furner

…carefully managing their budgets. The Walmart U.S. team delivered more than 11,000 rollbacks during the quarter, up from 7,200 rollbacks at the end of the…

John Furnercompany“Membership (5+)” · prepared · 2:22Hear it 2:16, John Furner

…other. A strong retail foundation alongside faster-growing businesses like Marketplace, advertising, and membership. The math is not simply one plus one equals two. The value…

John Furnercompany“Marketplace / Market Place” · prepared · 3:33Hear it 3:28, John Furner

…U.S. We also expanded the reach of platform businesses like Walmart+ and Marketplace to markets outside the United States, demonstrating how we're leveraging these for…

John Furnercompany“Tariff” · prepared · 5:02Hear it 4:59, John Furner

…17.4% in constant currency. This includes the benefit from the receipt of tariff refunds in the quarter. As we suggested on the last call, our…

John David Raineycompany“Gas / Gasoline / Fuel” · prepared · 15:08Hear it 15:03, John David Rainey

…Walmart U.S. net sales increased 3.5%, including a comp sales increase ex fuel of 2.6%, slightly below our initial expectation due to lower health and…

John Furnercompany“Pharmacy” · qa · 31:23Hear it 31:22, John Furner

There was an impact in pharmacies we talked about from MFP. Putting that aside, the second quarter for Walmart U.S. is the best second quarter…

John Furnercompany“China / India (8+)” · prepared · 4:21Hear it 4:19, John Furner

…Club U.S. delivered comps of 4.4%. International was up 7.9%, led by China and India. For Walmart U.S., I feel good about how the underlying…

John Furnercompany“Sparky” · prepared · 12:10Hear it 12:10, John Furner

…of our business by making shopping better and our associates' work easier. Sparky is a great example. The number of customers using Sparky is up…

John Furnercompany“Automation” · prepared · 10:49Hear it 10:48, John Furner

…Walmart. The fourth area is our supply chain. We have invested in automation, technology, fulfillment capacity, and our physical network, and these investments are showing…

Kelly Baniaanalyst“Retail” · qa · 54:46Hear it 54:43, Kelly Bania

…that you expect from these investments. Are you seeing others across the retail spectrum also reinvest those, or do you expect them to also follow…

John Furnercompany“Omnichannel” · prepared · 5:33Hear it 5:29, John Furner

…take a moment to talk about specific drivers of our growth. First, everything we do starts with serving customers and members as an omnichannel retailer.

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