Williams-Sonoma - WSM Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams-Sonoma in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" WSM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WSM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Williams-Sonoma's shares. Their WSM share price forecasts range from $110.00 to $205.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $168.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.6% from the stock's current price.
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Williams-Sonoma's stock was trading at $169.13 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WSM stock has decreased by 25.5% and is now trading at $126.06.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 17th 2022.
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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 24th. The specialty retailer reported $3.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.54 by $0.33. The specialty retailer had revenue of $2.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.03 billion. Williams-Sonoma had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 81.21% and a net margin of 13.68%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.24 EPS.

Williams-Sonoma announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.78 per share on Friday, November 25th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 20th.
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Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.45%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 15 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 19.42%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WSM will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.98% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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.

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

Williams-Sonoma's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Stonebridge Capital Management Inc. (0.02%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.02%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.02%), Symmetry Partners LLC (0.01%), Csenge Advisory Group (0.00%) and AdvisorNet Financial Inc (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Adrian D P Bellamy, Alex Bellos, David Randolph King, Grace Puma Whiteford, Julie Whalen, Laura Alber, Marta Benson, Ryan Ross, Sabrina Simmons and Scott Arnold Dahnke.
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One share of WSM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $126.06.

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) has a market capitalization of $8.41 billion and generates $8.25 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $1.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.07 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 21,000 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.