Walmart just joined the trillion-dollar club. A 13.2% gain to start the year pushed the retailer past the $1 trillion mark on Tuesday, reflecting Wall Street’s willingness to value Walmart less as a traditional retailer and more as a technology-driven enterprise.

Walmart is one of the tech bros now. The retail giant crossed the $1 trillion market cap threshold on Tuesday, joining an exclusive club mostly made up of companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. Walmart’s stock has climbed more than 28% in the past year and over 14% so far in 2026.

A rally in Walmart Inc. shares pushed its market capitalization past US$1 trillion on Tuesday for the first time ever, vaulting the world’s largest retailer into a category typically occupied by Big Tech firms such as Nvidia Corp. and Alphabet Inc.

SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 09: Customers enter a Walmart store on April 09, 2025 in San Leandro, California. Walmart is pulling its first-quarter earnings estimates as President Donald Trump’s new tariffs could impact its profits in the first quarter. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The company’s rapid e-commerce growth and push into automation and artificial intelligence propelled its stock into the trillion-dollar club.

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