With 1.33 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.55 million shares. The 52-week range on WSM shows that it touched its highest point at $219.98 and its lowest point at $125.33 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $179.17. With its current market cap of 19.07 billion, WSM has annualized dividend of $2.37 while the current yield stands at 1.53%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.50.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WSM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.66%, but this was up by 8.99% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -25.83% while six-month performance rose 15.12%. The stock gained 5.67% in the past year, while it has lost -16.62% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WSM yields 9.01 with Next year EPS estimates of 9.06. For the next quarter, that number is 1.74. This implies an EPS growth rate of -3.76% for this year and 7.06% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.57% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 31.36%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 123.12 million WSM shares are outstanding with a float of 118.68 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WSM since 14 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 8 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $7.30938 being high and $7.19886 being low. For WSM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.25412. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.93 and the low estimate is $1.65. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.78.
