NYSE:WSM - Williams-Sonoma Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Williams-Sonoma announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, August 24th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 19th. View Williams-Sonoma's Dividend History.

Williams-Sonoma declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $286,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Williams-Sonoma is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Williams-Sonoma.

Williams-Sonoma updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The company provided EPS 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.

25 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Williams-Sonoma's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Williams-Sonoma's share price to reach $54.4348 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Williams-Sonoma.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams-Sonoma in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 18 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Williams-Sonoma.

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Media headlines about WSM stock have trended positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Williams-Sonoma earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.32 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the specialty retailer an impact score of 47.40 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Williams-Sonoma.

Williams-Sonoma's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.83%), FMR LLC (5.19%), Select Equity Group L.P. (5.13%), Blackhill Capital Inc. (4.84%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.36%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.85%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Select Equity Group L.P., FMR LLC, WBI Investments Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, First Trust Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Stevens Capital Management LP. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Argent Capital Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Cooke & Bieler LP, BTIM Corp., Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC and Impax Asset Management 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WSM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.94.

Williams-Sonoma has a market capitalization of $4.84 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]