A STUDY OF PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION OF THE NEW GENERATION OF MACAO

ABSTRACT

A WORLD-CLASS RETAILER, WALMART INC. (WMT) OPERATES IN MULTIPLE FORMATS, INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND ONLINE STORES. WALMART BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1962 AND CURRENTLY OWNS 10,616 MERCHANDISE UNITS AROUND THE WORLD. MOST OF WALMART'S REVENUE COMES FROM THE UNITED STATES SEGMENT, 17% FROM THE WALMART INTERNATIONAL SEGMENT, AND 14% FROM THE SAM'S CLUB SEGMENT. WALMART OFFERS MANY PRODUCTS, SUCH AS GROCERIES, CONSUMABLES, GENERAL MERCHANDISE, AND HEALTH PRODUCTS. WITH ITS MARKETING STRATEGY OF LOW-COST PRODUCTS, WALMART HAS SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED THROUGH ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND RECESSIONS IN DIFFERENT PERIODS. HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL INTENSE COMPETITION IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY, SO WE WILL ANALYZE THE COMPANY'S INTERNAL FACTORS ACROSS THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND EXTERNAL FACTORS AND SEE HOW THE COMPANY POSITIONED ITSELF TO ADAPT TO THE TRENDS IN THE INDUSTRY TO ACHIEVE THE CURRENT INTRINSIC VALUE. THREE VALUATION MODELS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DETERMINE WALMART’S INTRINSIC VALUE. WE WILL THEN COMPARE THAT FIGURE WITH WMT'S STOCK PRICE AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2022, WHICH WILL BENEFIT INVESTORS BY PROVIDING VALUABLE REFERENCE INFORMATION