Upcoming Earnings Release:

Walmart Inc. (ticker: WMT) is scheduled to report earnings before the market opens on 16 May. The consensus EPS estimate for the fiscal quarter ending April 2024 is $0.52, while the reported EPS for the same quarter a year prior was $0.49.

Strong Technical Evidence Supporting Buyers

Ahead of next week’s earnings, Walmart is offering interesting price action.

Starting at the basics, the trend in this market cannot really be questioned at this point, and following the latest correction from all-time highs of $61.66 set in March, this could be a market that dip-buyers are drawn to over the coming weeks. Adding to the current uptrend’s strength, price has also rebounded from the Ichimoku Cloud (consisting of the Leading Span A and the Leading Span B) and is above both the conversion line and the base line.

You can also see that the conversion line is on the brink of crossing back above the slower-moving base line. Given that price has recently rebounded from the Ichimoku Cloud and the stock is entrenched in a considerable uptrend, a noticeable crossover here would likely prompt buyers to enter the market to challenge the all-time high.

The double-bottom pattern (shown by the green arrows at $58.63) adds weight to a bullish showing here. It was also recently completed by trading beyond the pattern’s neckline at $60.53. If price follows through higher after this breakout, the pattern’s upside target will be $62.59.

Price Direction?

With everything considered, this remains a bullish market and the break of the double-bottom pattern’s neckline emphasises the potential strength of buyers from the Ichimoku Cloud.

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