Williams-Sonoma Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams-Sonoma in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Williams-Sonoma stock. 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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Williams-Sonoma is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 18th 2021.
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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 24th. The specialty retailer reported $3.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.55 by $0.69. The specialty retailer earned $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. Williams-Sonoma had a net margin of 12.70% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 65.88%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 30.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.80 earnings per share.
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Williams-Sonoma's stock was trading at $50.98 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WSM stock has increased by 263.6% and is now trading at $185.36.
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Williams-Sonoma announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 25th. Investors of record on Friday, October 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.71 per share on Friday, November 26th. This represents a $2.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 21st. This is an increase from Williams-Sonoma's previous quarterly dividend of $0.59.
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Williams-Sonoma pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.25%. The dividend payout ratio of Williams-Sonoma is 26.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Williams-Sonoma will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.06% next year. This indicates that Williams-Sonoma will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Williams-Sonoma updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $10 billion-$10 billion.

20 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Williams-Sonoma's shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $220.00. On average, they anticipate Williams-Sonoma's share price to reach $176.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.9%.
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992 employees have rated Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura J. Alber on Glassdoor.com. Laura J. Alber has an approval rating of 55% among Williams-Sonoma'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.

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

Williams-Sonoma's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.42%), BlackRock Inc. (8.77%), FMR LLC (6.17%), Blackhill Capital Inc. (5.36%), State Street Corp (3.25%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.40%). Company insiders that own Williams-Sonoma stock include Adrian D P Bellamy, Alex Bellos, David Randolph King, Grace Puma Whiteford, Julie Whalen, Laura Alber, Marta Benson, Ryan Ross, Sabrina Simmons and Scott Arnold Dahnke.
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WSM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Boston Partners, Islet Management LP, Boston Trust Walden Corp, FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, and Group One Trading L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Williams-Sonoma company stock in the last year include Alex Bellos, David Randolph King, Julie Whalen, Laura Alber, Marta Benson, Ryan Ross, and Sabrina Simmons.
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WSM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of America Corp DE, Baird Financial Group Inc., Armistice Capital LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, American Century Companies Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., and Logan Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Williams-Sonoma stock in the last two years include Adrian D P Bellamy, and Scott Arnold Dahnke.
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Shares of WSM 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 $185.36.

Williams-Sonoma has a market capitalization of $13.78 billion and generates $6.78 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $680.71 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.04 on an earnings per share basis.

Williams-Sonoma employs 16,600 workers across the globe.

Williams-Sonoma was founded in 1956.

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

Williams-Sonoma is headquartered at 3250 VAN NESS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94109.

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].