Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the four-week period ending October 28, 2005, and October 29, 2004, as follows (dollars in billions):
4 Weeks Ended 39 Weeks Ended Percent Percent 10-28-2005 10-29-2004 Change 10-28-2005 10-29-2004 Change Wal-Mart Stores $15.397 $13.915 10.7% $149.557 $135.973 10.0% SAM'S CLUB 3.073 2.816 9.1% 29.087 27.052 7.5% International 4.785 4.311 11.0% 45.050 40.020 12.6% Total Company $23.255 $21.042 10.5% $223.694 $203.045 10.2% Comparable sales for the periods ending October 28, 2005 and October 29, 2004, were as follows: 4 Weeks Ended 39 Weeks Ended 10-28-2005 10-29-2004 10-28-2005 10-29-2004 Wal-Mart Stores 3.9% 2.5% 3.3% 3.2% SAM'S CLUB 6.7% 5.0% 5.1% 6.9% Total U.S. 4.3% 2.9% 3.6% 3.8%
SAM'S CLUB comparable sales without gasoline sales would have been 4.8% for the October four-week period. Total U.S. comparable sales would have been 4.0% without the SAM'S gasoline sales. During the four-week and thirty-nine- week periods, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. added over $2.2 billion and $20.6 billion in sales, respectively.
WMT estimates that comparable sales in the U.S. for the November four-week period to be in the 3% to 5% range.