Wal-Mart (WMT) Dividend Stock Analysis

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. The company is member of the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials Average and the S&P Dividend Aristocrats indexes. Wal-Mart Stores has consistently increased dividends every year for 35 years. The company announced a 15% dividend raise in March 2009, plus a $15 billion stock buyback initiative last month.