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Walmart Bests Amazon as the Top Retail Firm of 2022

What is a Retail Business?

Businesses that sell products or services to consumers are known as retail businesses. Retail businesses traditionally offer their goods and services through physical locations, whether those locations be department stores, warehouses, supermarkets, or other types of outlets. Consumer expenditure, which makes up nearly two-thirds of all economic activity in the United States, includes retail sales volume.

To stay competitive and relevant, majority of the retailers also offer their products through e-Commerce websites, online markets and mobile apps.

Methodology Used for Ranking?

Leveraging data from YCharts.com, below are the top 5 retail firms based on trailing 12 month (TTM) revenue are shown below. Only businesses that trade publicly in the United States or Canada, directly or via ADRs, are included on this list.

5 - JD.com Inc. (JD)

  • Revenue (TTM): $156.9 billion
  • Net Income (TTM): $254 million
  • Market Cap: $91 .0billion
  • 1-Year Trailing Total Return: -18.9%
  • Exchange: NASDAQ

4 - The Home Depot Inc. (HD)

  • Revenue (TTM): $157.3 billion
  • Net Income (TTM): $17.1 billion
  • Market Cap: $325.5 billion
  • 1-Year Trailing Total Return: -16.2%
  • Exchange: NYSE

3 - Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST)

  • Revenue (TTM): $231.0billion
  • Net Income (TTM): $5.9 billion
  • Market Cap: $205.1 billion
  • 1-Year Trailing Total Return: -14.7%
  • Exchange: NASDAQ

2 - Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)

  • Revenue (TTM): $502.2 billion
  • Net Income (TTM): $11.3 billion
  • Market Cap: $885.2 billion
  • 1-Year Trailing Total Return: -49.1%
  • Exchange: NASDAQ

1 - Walmart Inc. (WMT)

  • Revenue (TTM): $600.1 billion
  • Net Income (TTM): $9.0 billion
  • Market Cap: $391.5 billion
  • 1-Year Trailing Total Return: 5.6%
  • Exchange: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)