Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) is 51.17% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $71.56 and a high of $174.26 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WSM stock was last observed hovering at around $151.04 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.48%.
Currently trading at $152.52, the stock is 6.16% and 7.19% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.89 million and changing 0.98% at the moment leaves the stock 13.31% off its SMA200. WSM registered 97.81% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -1.28%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $142.2156 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $134.84862.
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The stock witnessed a 16.32% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.58%, and is 2.43% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.47% over the week and 3.41% over the month.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM) has around 19300 employees, a market worth around $19.27B and $7.58B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.32 and Fwd P/E is 18.70. Profit margin for the company is 14.29%. Distance from 52-week low is 113.14% and -12.47% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (32.51%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.93% this year
1091.0 institutions hold shares in Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM), with institutional investors hold 101.12% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 128.29M, and float is at 121.54M with Short Float at 11.55%. Institutions hold 99.90% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 7.66 million shares valued at $2.16 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.93 of the WSM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 6.63 million shares valued at $1.87 billion to account for 10.3189 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 5.09 million shares representing 7.9204 and valued at over $1.44 billion, while ARISTOTLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 7.1016 of the shares totaling 4.56 million with a market value of $1.29 billion.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by ALBER LAURA, the company’s PRESIDENT & CEO. SEC filings show that ALBER LAURA sold 40,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 16 ’24 at a price of $145.27 per share for a total of $5.81 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1.03 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 28 ’24, Smith Karalyn (EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER) disposed off 11,100 shares at an average price of $134.66 for $1.49 million. The insider now directly holds 15,150 shares of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM).
