NYSE:WSM - Williams-Sonoma Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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. Investors 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 yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 19th. View Williams-Sonoma's Dividend History.

Williams-Sonoma announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $286,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 net margin of 4.93% and a return on equity of 27.10%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.51 EPS. 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 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.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Williams-Sonoma's stock. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Williams-Sonoma's stock price to reach $54.4348 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.7%. 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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News stories about WSM stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty 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 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the specialty retailer an impact score of 46.36 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Williams-Sonoma.

Williams-Sonoma's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $60.26.

Williams-Sonoma has a market capitalization of $4.93 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]