Highest-rated stocks similar to WMT by NexusTrade rating

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Peer membership was fetched 2026-10-12.

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What the leading companies do

The first 5 companies below lead the ratings in this snapshot; equal ratings are ordered by ticker. Their company profiles describe different businesses even when they share the Walmart Inc. Common Stock (WMT) selection.

These are company descriptions, not estimates of revenue from this theme. Industry membership does not identify a pure-play business or establish how much sales depend on it. Open the company profile and examine segment disclosures before treating an overlapping classification as equivalent exposure.

1. AMBEV S.A. (ABEV): 3.5 / 5

   Ambev S.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of beer, draft beer, carbonated soft drinks, malt and food, other alcoholic beverages, and non-alcoholic and non-carbonated products in Brazil, Central America and Caribbean, Latin America South, and Canada. It also provides carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, isotonic beverages, energy drinks, coconut water, powdered and natural juices, and ready-to-drink teas. The company offers its products under its own main brands, such as Brahma, SkoL, Antarctica, Original, Quilmes, Andes Origen, Patricia, Paceña, Huari, Pilsen, Presidente, Balboa, Guaraná Antarctica, and e Beats; and licensed brands, including Budweiser, Corona, Spaten, Stella Artois, Beck's, Modelo, Bud Light, Busch, and e Michelob Ultra, as well as under the Pepsi, H2OH! , Lipton IceTea, and Red Bull. It offers its products through a network of third-party distributors and a direct distribution system. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. Ambev S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Interbrew International B.V

2. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF): 3.5 / 5

   Abercrombie & Fitch Co., through its subsidiaries, operates as an omnichannel retailer in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers an assortment of apparel, personal care products, and accessories for men, women, and kids under the Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids, Your Personal Best, Hollister, and Gilly Hicks brands. It sells products through its stores, various wholesale, franchise, and licensing arrangements, as well as e-commerce platforms. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in New Albany, Ohio.

3. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (BBW): 3.5 / 5

   Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. operates as a multi-channel retailer of plush animals and related products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Direct-to-Consumer, Commercial, and International Franchising. The company's merchandise comprises various styles of plush products to be stuffed, pre-stuffed plush products, and sounds and scents that can be added to the stuffed animals, as well as range of clothing, shoes and accessories, and other toy and novelty items, including family sleepwear. It operates its stores under the Build-A-Bear Workshop brand name; and sells its products through its e-commerce sites and third-party marketplace sites. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

4. Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (BOOT): 3.5 / 5

   Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. operates specialty retail stores in the United States and internationally. The company's specialty retail stores offer western and work-related footwear, apparel, and accessories for men, women, and kids. It offers boots, shirts, jackets, hats, belts and belt buckles, handbags, western-style jewelry, rugged footwear, outerwear, overalls, denim, safety-toe boots, and flame-resistant and high-visibility clothing, as well as gifts and home merchandise under the Shyanne, Cody James, Moonshine Spirit, Idyllwind, Hawx, Cody James Work, Cleo + Wolf, Brothers & Sons, Rank 45, Blue Ranchwear, and Cody James Black 1978 brands. The company also sells its products through websites, including bootbarn.com, sheplers.com, countryoutfitter.com, and idyllwind.com, as well as third-party marketplaces. The company was formerly known as WW Top Investment Corporation and changed its name to Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. in June 2014. Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Irvine, California.

5. Costco Wholesale Corp (COST): 3.5 / 5

   Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising appliances, small electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers. In addition, it engages in e-commerce, business centers, travel, and other businesses. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Valuation and company size within this selection

These summaries use the 91 displayed companies. Each company retains its own market observation date in the ratings table above. Medians are unweighted; they are not a sector index valuation.

Positive P/E and price-to-book values are summarized separately. Missing, zero and negative values are excluded from those medians, with the included count shown. A lower multiple alone does not establish better value: profitability, growth, debt and business mix can differ.

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Dates and coverage

Report dates range from 2025-12-31 to 2025-12-31. Market observations range from 2026-11-04 to 2026-11-06. These dates may differ across companies. Daily closes are not synchronized live quotes.

The selection includes 0 companies without a report, 0 with invalid latest rating metadata, 0 with older reports, 2 with missing required fundamentals and 0 with out-of-date market observations. Missing companies receive no substitute score.

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