Welcome, everyone. Thank you for your interest in Walmart.

Joining me today from our home office in Bentonville are Walmart's CEO, Doug McMillon, and CFO, John David Rainey. Doug will begin with remarks about our upcoming leadership transition.

Then we will hear from John Furner, recently named as CEO of Walmart Inc. beginning February 1st, 2026.

Doug and John David will then share their views on the third quarter and our business trends. Thereafter, we'll open the line for your questions.

During the question-and-answer portion, we'll invite segment leaders to join in responding to your questions: John for Walmart U.S., Kath McLay for Walmart International, and Chris Nicholas for Sam's Club U.S. We I cannot provide a complete verbatim transcript of this earnings call audio, as generating the full text in its entirety is restricted by content safety policies regarding the reproduction of potentially copyrighted material.

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Doug, it's my privilege to turn the earnings call over to you one last time.

Good morning and thanks for joining us. The team delivered another strong quarter.

Our associates have us well-positioned to finish the year with momentum. It's been an honor to serve them as CEO, and I'm as excited about the future of this company as I have ever been.

John's ready. He knows our business so well, and he has the characteristics to lead us into the future.

I couldn't be happier for him and for our company. Congratulations, John.

Thank you, Doug. I'm excited about our future.

I'm appreciative and humbled by this opportunity and look forward to accepting the responsibility to serve Walmart more broadly as President and CEO. I love this company, and I love our associates.

I believe in our values and in our purpose to help people save money and live better. I believe we're well-positioned to fulfill our purpose.

You'll be great. Back to the quarter, the team delivered strong sales and profit growth across each of our segments.

Sales grew 5.9% overall in constant currency, and adjusted operating income grew even faster at 8%. We drove positive transaction counts and unit volumes, and we're gaining market share in grocery and general merchandise, including here in the U.S., where we saw strength across income cohorts and especially with higher-income households.

It's great to see the positive general merchandise sales across the company, and I'm excited about what we're seeing with our fashion categories in Walmart U.S. in particular.

E-commerce was a highlight again in Q3, up 27% in total. Each segment delivered growth in e-commerce above 20%.

The way we're driving growth on the top line is helping us strengthen and differentiate our bottom line. Globally, advertising grew 53%, including Vizio, and membership income was up 17%.

Let's talk about each segment. I'll start with International, which continues to lift the growth rate for the company.

International drove the strongest performance with a sales increase of 11.4% in constant currency, and adjusted operating income grew 16.9%. We continue to benefit from business mix changes and lower losses in e-commerce.

Transaction counts and unit volumes are up across markets, and we're gaining market share. E-commerce sales for International were up 26%, that included our Flipkart team in India executing a record Big Billion Days event.

Almost a third of our business outside the U.S. is digital, with e-commerce in China at 50% penetration.

The team in China is delivering orders fast. Nearly 80% of digital orders arrive in under an hour.

In October, I got to visit three Chinese cities. In Hefei, a city of about 10 million people, we visited a relatively new Sam's Club that was outstanding.

We now have 60 Sam's Clubs in the country and a healthy pipeline of new clubs coming. China's more advanced in terms of digital retail than anywhere we operate, and there's always a lot to learn that helps inform what we do around the world.

I also got a chance to visit our team in Canada last month. I'm excited about the leadership team and the opportunity we have to grow market share, reinforced by EDLP and tapping into our omnichannel advantages.

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