Will Walmart Raise Its Dividend in 2020?
It's been decades since Walmart (NYSE: WMT) changed the retail world forever. With its emphasis on rock-bottom prices for consumers, Walmart's big-box store locations spread quickly across the nation. Even now, Walmart remains a top employer among global businesses and still plays a dominant role in how millions of shoppers get the goods they want at prices they can afford.
More recently, though, Walmart has had to deal with a new disruptive influence on the retail industry. The rise of e-commerce challenged Walmart's brick-and-mortar store network, and the company has had to respond to competitive pressure by bulking up its own online presence. Although Walmart's strategy has borne some success recently, dividend investors still wonder whether they'll be able to participate more fully in Walmart's rebound with larger payout increases than they've gotten in recent years.
Here, we'll take a closer look at Walmart and whether shareholders can expect higher dividends in 2020.
Source Fool.com
