date:Feb 27, 2013
a key measure of a retailer's health. The U.S. namesake business has now recorded six consecutive quarters of gains since the division rebounded.
But the fourth-quarter gain is below the 1.5% increase analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting. Overall, revenue at stores open at least a year rose a modest 1.2%, including a 2.3% gain at Sam's Clubs. Analysts had expected a 1.8% increase.
That growth pace has slowed in recent quarters.
Wal-Mart says it earned $5.6 billion, or $1.67 per s