NYSE:WSM - Williams-Sonoma Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Williams-Sonoma declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 23rd. View Williams-Sonoma's Dividend History.

Williams-Sonoma declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $286,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 21st. The specialty retailer reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.02. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. Williams-Sonoma had a net margin of 5.86% and a return on equity of 33.81%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.95 EPS. View Williams-Sonoma's Earnings History.

Williams-Sonoma is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Williams-Sonoma.

Williams-Sonoma issued an update on its FY 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $$4.65-4.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $$4.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $$5.77-5.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$5.85 billion.

19 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Williams-Sonoma's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate Williams-Sonoma's share price to reach $67.31 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Williams-Sonoma.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams-Sonoma in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Williams-Sonoma.

News coverage about WSM stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Williams-Sonoma earned a news sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Williams-Sonoma.

Some companies that are related to Williams-Sonoma include Restoration Hardware (RH), Aaron's (AAN), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Kirkland's (KIRK) and Pier 1 Imports (PIR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Williams-Sonoma investors own include AT&T (T), Starbucks (SBUX), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Target (TGT), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walmart (WMT) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Williams-Sonoma's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.63%), Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.23%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.21%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.20%), Mcrae Capital Management Inc. (0.18%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.12%). Company insiders that own Williams-Sonoma stock include Alex Bellos, Anthony Greener, David Randolph King, Janet Hayes, Julie Whalen, Laura Alber, Marta Benson and Sabrina Simmons. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Williams-Sonoma.

WSM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management, Radnor Capital Management LLC, Legacy Capital Partners Inc., Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC, Mcrae Capital Management Inc. and Alpha Windward LLC. Company insiders that have sold Williams-Sonoma company stock in the last year include Alex Bellos, Laura Alber, Marta Benson and Sabrina Simmons. View Insider Buying and Selling for Williams-Sonoma.

WSM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc., Nadler Financial Group Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Centric Wealth Management, Cullinan Associates Inc. and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Williams-Sonoma.

Shares of WSM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WSM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.59.

Williams-Sonoma has a market capitalization of $5.93 billion and generates $5.67 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $333.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.46 on an earnings per share basis. Williams-Sonoma employs 28,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Williams-Sonoma.

The official website for Williams-Sonoma is http://www.williams-sonomainc.com/.

Williams-Sonoma's mailing address is 3250 VAN NESS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94109. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 415-421-7900 or via email at [email protected]