Don't Miss These Facts About Williams-Sonoma

By Emilio Sanchez • Wednesday, May 22 15:11 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Williams-Sonoma has moved -10.8% so far today on a volume of 3,293,810, compared to its average of 1,106,959. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -0.0%.

Williams-Sonoma trades -4.78% away from its average analyst target price of $294.53 per share. The 17 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $232.0 to $350.0, and on average have given Williams-Sonoma a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying WSM should be aware of the facts below:

Williams-Sonoma's current price is 171.5% above its Graham number of $103.31, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Williams-Sonoma has moved 175.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 29.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 14.56, Williams-Sonoma has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
WSM has a forward P/E ratio of 17.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $16.13 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.07 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Williams-Sonoma is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 8.46 compared to its sector average of 4.24
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. operates as an omni-channel specialty retailer of various products for home.
Based in San Francisco, the company has 10,700 full time employees and a market cap of $18.02 Billion. Williams-Sonoma currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.1%.

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