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When incoming Walmart CEO John Furner steps into the retailer's top role , he will try to follow up a period of dramatic share growth that many of Walmart's rivals have failed to match.

Walmart's stock has more than quadrupled since outgoing CEO Doug McMillon began in the role in February 2014. Across nine of the 12 calendar years when was Walmart's leader, the company posted positive stock returns.

Among Walmart's main rivals in the retail and grocery business, only Amazon and Costco have had better stock returns since McMillon took the job. Meanwhile, Walmart's stock has outperformed those of competitors like Target , Dollar General , Dollar Tree , Kr

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