Is Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE: WSM) Proving The Doubters Wrong?

Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $166.27, with 7.37 million shares of worth about $1.23 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 14.65% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a loss of about -3.49%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 123.87M shares, out of which, 118.40M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -4.93% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -23.63%. Year-to-date (YTD), WSM shares are showing a performance of -10.21% which increased to 17.19% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $125.33 but also hit the highest price of $219.98 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares is 1.58 million. The stock is currently trading -9.92% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -16.02% for SMA50 and it goes to 1.97% higher than SMA200.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE: WSM) currently have 123.87M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 93.71% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $20.47B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.72. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 19.67, while it has posted earnings per share of $8.46 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.46 and has Quick Ratio of 0.56 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for WSM, volatility over the week remained 6.21% while standing at 5.17% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -3.20% while it is estimated to increase by 8.19% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 4.41% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 29.13% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Telsey Advisory Group on November 21, 2024 offering an Outperform rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $165 and $190 to it. Coverage by Wedbush stated Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on October 30, 2024, suggesting a price target of $135 for the stock. On September 11, 2024, Jefferies Upgrade their recommendations, while on August 23, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group Reiterated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $165. Stock get an Outperform rating from Telsey Advisory Group on July 12, 2024.

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