Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) shares down on Friday after missing earnings estimates but reporting strong sales and raising outlook. Analysts remain bullish, citing profitable growth, ecommerce increase, and potential for margin expansion.

In response to the reports, stocks are now plummeting in futures trading. The Russell 2000 (-0.61%), the Dow (-0.42%), and the Nasdaq and S&P 500 (-0.35% each) are all declining in futures.

The Bentonville, Ark.-based firm posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.68, below the $0.73 expectation of analysts surveyed by Visible Alpha. Revenue increased nearly 5% year-over-year to $177.40 billion, ahead of the $175.97 billion consensus.

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Shares of Walmart (NYSE: WMT) fell 4.9% Thursday. The drop came as the S&P 500 lost 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.4% as investors await Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech tomorrow.

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Thursday, however, Walmart's (WMT) second-quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates, and the shares slid 4.5% to $97.93. The tumble was felt broadly across the stock market. Walmart, which has a market capitalization of about $782 billion,

Shares of Walmart Inc. dropped in early trading Thursday, after the discount-retail behemoth missed fiscal second-quarter profit expectations, but raised its full-year outlook and saw strength in sales at both its retail and Sam’s Club warehouse stores.