Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams-Sonoma in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" WSM shares.
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18 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Williams-Sonoma's shares. Their WSM share price forecasts range from $100.00 to $185.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $139.94 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.0%.
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Williams-Sonoma's stock was trading at $114.92 at the start of the year. Since then, WSM stock has increased by 21.8% and is now trading at $140.01.
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Williams-Sonoma saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 9,170,000 shares, an increase of 21.3% from the August 15th total of 7,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,050,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.7 days. Approximately 14.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 16th 2023.
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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $3.12 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.71 by $0.41. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.96 billion. Williams-Sonoma had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 64.43% and a net margin of 11.68%. The firm's revenue was down 12.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.87 EPS.

Williams-Sonoma announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 14th. Investors of record on Friday, October 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Friday, November 24th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 19th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) stock in their portfolio include Global X E-Commerce ETF (EBIZ), ProShares Online Retail ETF (ONLN), SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB), ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF (CLIX), The Acquirers Fund (ZIG), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ) and Freedom Day Dividend ETF (MBOX).

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.57%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 17 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 24.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WSM will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Williams-Sonoma issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.81 billion-$8.24 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.20 billion.

992 employees have rated Williams-Sonoma Chief Executive Officer Laura J. Alber on Glassdoor.com. Laura J. Alber has an approval rating of 55% among the company's employees. This puts Laura J. Alber in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 46.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Williams-Sonoma to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Williams-Sonoma investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Starbucks (SBUX) and Salesforce (CRM).

Williams-Sonoma trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WSM."

Williams-Sonoma's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.38%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (7.19%), Capital Research Global Investors (5.19%), State Street Corp (3.53%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.24%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.78%). Insiders that own company stock include Alex Bellos, David Randolph King, Julie Whalen, Karalyn Smith, Laura Alber, Marta Benson, Ryan Ross and Sabrina Simmons.
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Shares of WSM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WSM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $140.01.

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) has a market capitalization of $8.98 billion and generates $8.67 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $1.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $14.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 21,100 workers across the globe.

Williams-Sonoma's mailing address is 3250 VAN NESS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94109. The official website for the company is www.williams-sonomainc.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (415) 421-7900, via email at investorrelations@wsgc.com, or via fax at 415-434-0881.