Q3 2025 EPS Estimates for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) Lowered by Analyst

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) – Wedbush lowered their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Williams-Sonoma in a report issued on Thursday, May 23rd. Wedbush analyst S. Basham now anticipates that the specialty retailer will earn $3.88 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $3.92. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $350.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Williams-Sonoma’s current full-year earnings is $15.39 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Williams-Sonoma’s Q4 2025 earnings at $5.64 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.33 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $4.05 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $5.94 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $17.56 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on WSM. Oppenheimer reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Williams-Sonoma in a report on Friday, March 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Williams-Sonoma from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $245.00 to $275.00 in a report on Friday, May 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Williams-Sonoma from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $154.00 to $263.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 14th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Williams-Sonoma from $200.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 14th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of Williams-Sonoma from $295.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $259.94.

Williams-Sonoma Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:WSM opened at $287.78 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $18.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 1.72. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $300.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $238.22. Williams-Sonoma has a fifty-two week low of $109.44 and a fifty-two week high of $348.51.

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 13th. The specialty retailer reported $5.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.06 by $0.38. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.22 billion. Williams-Sonoma had a net margin of 13.83% and a return on equity of 54.50%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $5.50 EPS.

Williams-Sonoma Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 19th were issued a dividend of $1.13 per share. This represents a $4.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.57%. This is a boost from Williams-Sonoma’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.90. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 18th. Williams-Sonoma’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.75%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Laura Alber sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $318.53, for a total transaction of $6,370,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 555,550 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $176,959,341.50. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In related news, CEO Laura Alber sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $318.53, for a total value of $6,370,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 555,550 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $176,959,341.50. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Marta Benson sold 2,184 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $313.98, for a total value of $685,732.32. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 48,364 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,185,328.72. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 61,145 shares of company stock worth $18,552,819. Corporate insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Williams-Sonoma

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in WSM. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Williams-Sonoma during the 4th quarter worth $152,843,000. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in Williams-Sonoma by 37.5% in the 1st quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 704,919 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $223,833,000 after purchasing an additional 192,432 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp boosted its stake in Williams-Sonoma by 4,101.0% in the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 138,004 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $27,846,000 after purchasing an additional 134,719 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. bought a new position in Williams-Sonoma in the 1st quarter worth about $40,060,000. Finally, Glenmede Trust Co. NA boosted its stake in Williams-Sonoma by 638.3% in the 3rd quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 142,402 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $22,129,000 after purchasing an additional 123,114 shares during the period. 99.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Williams-Sonoma Company Profile

Williams-Sonoma, Inc operates as an omni-channel specialty retailer of various products for home. It offers cooking, dining, and entertaining products, such as cookware, tools, electrics, cutlery, tabletop and bar, outdoor, furniture, and a library of cookbooks under the Williams Sonoma Home brand, as well as home furnishings and decorative accessories under the Williams Sonoma lifestyle brand; and furniture, bedding, lighting, rugs, table essentials, and decorative accessories under the Pottery Barn brand.