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 announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 19th. View Williams-Sonoma's Dividend History.

Williams-Sonoma declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program 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 programs are typically a sign that the company's management 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 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.09. The specialty retailer earned $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.51 earnings per share. 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 EPS guidance of $4.15-4.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year 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 $54.0909 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.8%. 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 stories about WSM stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Williams-Sonoma earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty retailer an impact score of 46.50 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Williams-Sonoma's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Mcrae Capital Management Inc. (0.15%), Ledyard National Bank (0.10%), Ronna Sue Cohen (0.08%), Stonebridge Capital Management Inc. (0.07%), Empirical Finance LLC (0.06%) and Empowered Funds LLC (0.06%). 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 Kempner Capital Management Inc., Empirical Finance LLC, Radnor Capital Management LLC, Stonebridge Capital Management Inc., Ledyard National Bank, Empowered Funds LLC, Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas and Mcrae Capital Management Inc.. 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 Ronna Sue Cohen, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Bank of Montreal Can, Cim LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB and Vision Capital Management Inc.. 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 $61.30.

Williams-Sonoma has a market capitalization of $5.09 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]