$1.87M in average volume shows that Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) is heading in the right direction

Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE: WSM) on Friday, soared 0.37% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $171.39. Within the past 52 weeks, WSM’s price has moved between $90.87 and $181.42.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 7.02%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 12.83%. With a float of $118.47 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $128.29 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 19300 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 46.75%, operating margin of 18.52%, and the pretax margin is 19.24%.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Specialty Retail industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Williams-Sonoma, Inc is 3.76%, while institutional ownership is 98.39%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 15 ’24, was worth 5,219,559. In this transaction PRESIDENT & CEO of this company sold 40,000 shares at a rate of $130.49, taking the stock ownership to the 990,956 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 15 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 40,000 for $130.44, making the entire transaction worth $5,217,797.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 12.83% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.00% during the next five years compared to 29.13% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE: WSM) Trading Performance Indicators

Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.56 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.82. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.81.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.46, a number that is poised to hit 2.89 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.47 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM)

Looking closely at Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE: WSM), its last 5-days average volume was 2.19 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.97 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 81.00%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 6.88.

During the past 100 days, Williams-Sonoma, Inc’s (WSM) raw stochastic average was set at 83.23%, which indicates a significant increase from 82.27% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 100.44% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 58.25% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $145.73, while its 200-day Moving Average is $143.45. However, in the short run, Williams-Sonoma, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $174.74. Second resistance stands at $177.45. The third major resistance level sits at $179.46. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $170.02, it is likely to go to the next support level at $168.01. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $165.30.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc (NYSE: WSM) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 21.25 billion based on 123,100K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 7,751 M and income totals 949,760 K. The company made 1,801 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 248,950 K in sales during its previous quarter.