I do not currently hold WalMart shares. I sold WMT and bought Target (TGT - $52.61) because I find Target's growth story to be more compelling at the moment. According to First Call, at $59.50 WalMart has a forward P/E ratio of over 17 versus that of Target (TGT - $52.61) at under 15.
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Should Human Costs Be Factored Into Environmentally Friendly Products? Written By: Miranda Marquit 2008-07-02 13:17:56 Photo: Dennis Gerbeckx, Creative Commons, Flickr
Environmentalism is becoming a big deal. More and more companies, including Wal-Mart (WMT), are jumping on the environmental bandwagon, straining themselves to make changes so that they can show consumers how environmentally conscious they are.