Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Competitors

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) and RH (NYSE:RH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WSM or RH?

99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of RH shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Williams-Sonoma shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.1% of RH shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer WSM or RH?

Williams-Sonoma currently has a consensus price target of $177.06, suggesting a potential upside of 11.92%. RH has a consensus price target of $270.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.74%. Given RH's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RH is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Williams-Sonoma	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
RH	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has more risk & volatility, WSM or RH?

Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RH has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WSM or RH?

In the previous week, RH had 24 more articles in the media than Williams-Sonoma. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for RH and 18 mentions for Williams-Sonoma. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat RH's score of -0.13 indicating that Williams-Sonoma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Williams-Sonoma	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RH	12 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WSM or RH?

RH received 130 more outperform votes than Williams-Sonoma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.86% of users gave RH an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Williams-Sonoma	Outperform Votes 715 49.07%	Underperform Votes 742 50.93%
RH	Outperform Votes 845 61.86%	Underperform Votes 521 38.14%

Which has better earnings & valuation, WSM or RH?

Williams-Sonoma has higher revenue and earnings than RH. Williams-Sonoma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Williams-Sonoma	$7.71B	2.52	$949.76M	$8.83	17.92
RH	$3.18B	1.11	$127.56M	$3.60	52.54

Is WSM or RH more profitable?

Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 14.54% compared to RH's net margin of 2.25%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 51.56% beat RH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Williams-Sonoma	14.54%	51.56%	21.24%
RH	2.25%	-35.72%	2.09%

Summary

Williams-Sonoma beats RH on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.