walmart stock has barely budged over the past three months that looks about to change as it gets set to report earnings the discount megaretailer is benefiting from a shift in how the us consumer is spending money walmart ticker wmt reports its fiscal fourthquarter numbers this coming tuesday wall street is looking for earnings per share of 152 from just under 160 billion in sales roughly flat with the yearago quarter those numbers look more than achievable and its samestore sales—a common industry metric that for walmart tracks revenue at stores that have been open the previous 12 months—could really pack a punch while the street expects them to grow at a 36 clip gordon haskett analyst chuck grom expects them to jump 65 holiday sales were likely stronger than what analysts had called for he says