Q3 2025 EPS Estimates for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) Reduced by Telsey Advisory Group

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) – Equities researchers at Telsey Advisory Group reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Williams-Sonoma in a research report issued on Wednesday, May 22nd. Telsey Advisory Group analyst C. Fernandez now forecasts that the specialty retailer will earn $3.67 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $3.69. Telsey Advisory Group has a “Outperform” rating and a $340.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Williams-Sonoma’s current full-year earnings is $15.75 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Williams-Sonoma’s Q4 2025 earnings at $5.71 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $3.43 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.95 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $5.79 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on WSM. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Williams-Sonoma in a research report on Thursday. Wedbush upped their price target on shares of Williams-Sonoma from $330.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Williams-Sonoma from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the company from $245.00 to $275.00 in a research report on Friday, May 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Williams-Sonoma from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the company from $154.00 to $263.00 in a research report on Thursday, March 14th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Williams-Sonoma from $195.00 to $255.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 19th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $259.94.

Williams-Sonoma Price Performance

WSM stock opened at $287.81 on Monday. Williams-Sonoma has a 12 month low of $109.44 and a 12 month high of $348.51. The firm has a market cap of $18.49 billion, a PE ratio of 17.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 1.72. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $300.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $239.46.

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

Institutional Trading of Williams-Sonoma

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. MCF Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Williams-Sonoma during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P lifted its holdings in shares of Williams-Sonoma by 129.3% during the 3rd quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P now owns 188 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares during the period. EntryPoint Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams-Sonoma by 520.0% during the 1st quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC now owns 93 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 78 shares during the period. Northwest Investment Counselors LLC bought a new position in shares of Williams-Sonoma during the 1st quarter worth about $32,000. Finally, Contravisory Investment Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Williams-Sonoma during the 1st quarter worth about $33,000. 99.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Williams-Sonoma

In other news, CEO Laura Alber sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.74, for a total transaction of $5,674,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 505,509 shares in the company, valued at approximately $143,433,123.66. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. In other news, CEO Laura Alber sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.74, for a total transaction of $5,674,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 505,509 shares in the company, valued at approximately $143,433,123.66. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Karalyn Smith sold 1,145 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $289.06, for a total transaction of $330,973.70. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 6,966 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,013,591.96. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 61,145 shares of company stock worth $18,552,819 in the last 90 days. 1.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Williams-Sonoma Increases Dividend

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

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.