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

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams-Sonoma in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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14 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Williams-Sonoma's stock. Their WSM share price forecasts range from $100.00 to $185.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $126.69 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price.
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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 9.3% and is now trading at $125.58.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 23rd 2023.
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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $2.64 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.41 by $0.23. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.76 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. Williams-Sonoma had a net margin of 12.07% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 72.68%. The firm's revenue was down 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.50 earnings per share.

Williams-Sonoma declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Friday, May 26th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 20th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78.
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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), SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB), WBI BullBear Yield 3000 ETF (WBIG), The Acquirers Fund (ZIG), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), Freedom Day Dividend ETF (MBOX) and Pacer Lunt MidCap Multi-Factor Alternator ETF (PAMC).

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.85%. 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 23.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WSM will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.73% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Williams-Sonoma updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.41 billion-$8.94 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.33 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (10.14%), BlackRock Inc. (9.54%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (7.05%), State Street Corp (3.43%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.11%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.69%). Insiders that own company stock include Alex Bellos, David Randolph King, Julie Whalen, 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 $125.58.

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) has a market capitalization of $8.06 billion and generates $8.67 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $1.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $15.22 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.