Is Walmart (WMT) The Best Defensive AI Play? Jessica Inskip Comments

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Jessica Inskip from StockBrokers commented on Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT)-OpenAI deal in a recent program on Schwab Network. The analyst is bullish on the stock amid the company’s AI execution and stability.

Walmart recently signed a deal with OpenAI to allow shoppers to make faster purchases directly through ChatGPT.

“That headline is absolutely what caught my attention. They’re bridging AI innovation with everyday retail execution. And as I’m thinking about transformative AI and we’ve talked about the internet of all things and how it integrates into e-commerce, it’s agentic e-commerce. So this is a wonderful example of that. This enhances operational efficiency, customer engagement, but Walmart also has a disciplined pricing strategy which preserves its brand trust and additionally it has a low beta. It’s about 0.6 and a strong balance across categories. So it gives it really Walmart’s a defensive growth play that can be stable in volatility because of the lower beta, but it has innovative and execution with that OpenAI partnership,” Inskip said.

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