<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-11-031616.txt : 20111208
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-11-031616.hdr.sgml : 20111208
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20111208181020
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-11-031616
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111208
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111208
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20111208

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WAL MART STORES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000104169
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331]
		IRS NUMBER:				710415188
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		702 SOUTHWEST 8TH ST
		CITY:			BENTONVILLE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72716
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5012734000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		702 SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET
		CITY:			BENTONVILLE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72716

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Walton Enterprises, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001535243

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06991
		FILM NUMBER:		111251771

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 1860
		CITY:			BENTONVILLE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72712
		BUSINESS PHONE:		479-464-1500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 1860
		CITY:			BENTONVILLE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72712
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>form4.xml
<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0304</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-12-08</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000104169</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WAL MART STORES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WMT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001535243</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Walton Enterprises, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P.O. BOX 1860</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BENTONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>72712</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-12-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>70615608</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1609891131</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Such Common Stock was distributed in a redemption of a membership interest in Walton Enterprises, LLC.  The closing price of such Common Stock on the date of distribution was $57.98 per share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jennifer F. Rudolph, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-12-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby designates Gordon Y. Allison, Geoffrey W. Edwards,
Jennifer F. Rudolph, and Erron W. Smith or any one of them acting singly
and with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful
 attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, and
passphrases enabling the undersigned to make filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) to execute and file on the undersigned's behalf all Forms 3, 4, 5,
and 144 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be
required to file with the SEC and other regulatory bodies as a result of
the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc., including any filing required as a result of any indirect
ownership of securities attributed to the undersigned under applicable
law; and
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form
 3, 4, 5, or 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
 and timely file such form with the SEC and any securities exchange or
similar authority.

      The authority of Gordon Y. Allison, Geoffrey W. Edwards,
Jennifer F. Rudolph, or Erron W. Smith under this Power of Attorney shall
continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5,
 and 144 with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in
securities of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing.
The undersigned acknowledges that neither Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Gordon Y.
Allison, Geoffrey W. Edwards, Jennifer F. Rudolph nor Erron W. Smith are
 assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC.

Date:  11/17/11  				/s/ Alice L. Walton
						Walton Enterprises, LLC
DM# 5830049

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
