Despite Tough Competition, Walmart Looks Well Suited to Take Market Share and Expand Margins

Wide-moat Walmart’s unrivaled scale relative to its brick-and-mortar retail peers allows the firm to formidably adapt to a dynamic retail landscape. Walmart benefits from an expansive physical footprint and entrenched position in the communities it serves, putting the retailer in close proximity to the vast majority of US consumers. And the firm’s wide assortment of goods at low prices has allowed Walmart to maintain its status as a leading domestic retailer for over 30 years.