NYSE:WSM - Williams-Sonoma Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Williams-Sonoma declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 20th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, August 24th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 19th. View Williams-Sonoma's Dividend History.

Williams-Sonoma announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $286,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.09. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.16 billion. Williams-Sonoma had a net margin of 4.93% and a return on equity of 27.10%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.51 EPS. View Williams-Sonoma's Earnings History.

Williams-Sonoma is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 21st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Williams-Sonoma.

Williams-Sonoma issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.15-4.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.18. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.495-5.655 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.57 billion.Williams-Sonoma also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.65-0.70 EPS.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Williams-Sonoma's stock. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Williams-Sonoma's share price to reach $54.0909 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.2%. View Analyst Ratings for Williams-Sonoma.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams-Sonoma in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 17 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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News coverage about WSM stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Williams-Sonoma earned a coverage optimism score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty retailer an impact score of 45.62 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Williams-Sonoma's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.23%), Mcrae Capital Management Inc. (0.15%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.11%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.11%), Ledyard National Bank (0.10%) and Ronna Sue Cohen (0.08%). Company insiders that own Williams-Sonoma stock include Alex Bellos, Anthony Greener, James W Jr Brett, Janet Hayes, Julie Whalen and Laura Alber. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Williams-Sonoma.

WSM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Kempner Capital Management Inc., Empirical Finance LLC, Radnor Capital Management LLC, Stonebridge Capital Management Inc., Ledyard National Bank, Empowered Funds LLC and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. Company insiders that have sold Williams-Sonoma company stock in the last year include Alex Bellos, Anthony Greener, Janet Hayes, Julie Whalen and Laura Alber. View Insider Buying and Selling for Williams-Sonoma.

WSM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Ronna Sue Cohen, Signature Wealth Management Group, Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Whittier Trust Co. and Bank of Montreal Can. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WSM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.58.

Williams-Sonoma has a market capitalization of $5.13 billion and generates $5.29 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $259.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.61 on an earnings per share basis. Williams-Sonoma employs 27,800 workers across the globe.

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]