Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE: WSM) is -9.55% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $125.33 and a high of $219.98 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WSM stock was last observed hovering at around $165.07 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.43%.
Currently trading at $167.50, the stock is -12.40% and -15.84% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.55 million and changing 1.47% at the moment leaves the stock 2.99% off its SMA200. WSM registered 38.98% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 24.78%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $199.0266 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $162.63063.
The stock witnessed a -17.84% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.31%, and is -11.10% down 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 6.00% over the week and 4.53% over the month.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) has around 19300 employees, a market worth around $20.62B and $7.53B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.81 and Fwd P/E is 19.58. Profit margin for the company is 14.54%. Distance from 52-week low is 33.65% and -23.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (36.61%).
with sales reaching $2.35B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 13.64% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -2.00% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.14% in year-over-year returns.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) Top Institutional Holders
1198.0 institutions hold shares in Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM), with institutional investors hold 98.40% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 123.87M, and float is at 118.40M with Short Float at 7.65%. Institutions hold 97.20% 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 7.1102 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 Howie Jeffrey, the company’s EVP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SEC filings show that Howie Jeffrey sold 1,408 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 27 ’25 at a price of $194.32 per share for a total of $0.27 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 46388.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 21 ’25, ALBER LAURA (PRESIDENT & CEO) disposed off 45,000 shares at an average price of $207.76 for $9.35 million. The insider now directly holds 944,666 shares of Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM).
