In the latest trading session, 2.32 million Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE:WSM) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.72. With the company’s most recent per share price at $150.57 changed hands at -$21.71 or -12.60% at last look, the market valuation stands at $18.54B. WSM’s current price is a discount, trading about -46.1% off its 52-week high of $219.98. The share price had its 52-week low at $125.33, which suggests the last value was 16.76% up since then. When we look at Williams-Sonoma, Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 2.07 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.58 million.
Analysts gave the Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 2.65. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 2 out of 14 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 8 recommended WSM as a Hold, 4 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Williams-Sonoma, Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 2.94.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE:WSM) trade information
Instantly WSM was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -13.91%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -18.69%, with the 5-day performance at -13.91% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE:WSM) is -30.84% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 9.06 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 7.24 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 192.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 21.78% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, WSM’s forecast low is 190 with 195 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -29.51% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -26.19% for it to hit the projected low.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -1.95% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 19 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 2.35B. 14 analysts are of the opinion that Williams-Sonoma, Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 1.65B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 2.28B and 1.66B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 3.30%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -0.81%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 29.13%. The 2025 estimates are for Williams-Sonoma, Inc earnings to increase by 14.32%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 7.83% per year.
WSM Dividends
Williams-Sonoma, Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2024-Nov-19. The 1.13% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.70. It is important to note, however, that the 1.13% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 1.9 per year.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE:WSM)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 1.22% of Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares while 97.22% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 98.42%. There are 97.22% institutions holding the Williams-Sonoma, Inc stock share, with BLACKROCK INC. the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 11.93% of the shares, roughly 7.66 million WSM shares worth $2.16 billion.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 10.3189% or 6.63 million shares worth $1.87 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Jan 31, 2025 were iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund. With 4.12 shares estimated at $622.69 million under it, the former controlled 3.35% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 3.14% of the shares, roughly 3.87 shares worth around $584.19 million.
