Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares valued at $5,045,486 were sold by ALBER LAURA on Jul 15 ’25. At $168.18 per share, ALBER LAURA sold 30,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 966,927 shares worth approximately $164.57 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, ALBER LAURA purchased 75,000 shares, netting a total of over 12,610,696 in proceeds.
Before that, Howie Jeffrey had sold 4,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $675,852, the EVP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER traded Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares for $168.96 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,000 shares, worth approximately $5.85 million.
As published in a research note from Barclays on May 19, 2025, Williams-Sonoma, Inc [WSM] has been rated up from an Underweight to an Equal weight and the price target has been revised to $166. Analysts at Telsey Advisory Group resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of April 25, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets has increased its “Sector weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for WSM. Earlier on April 07, 2025, Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for WSM stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing WSM Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Williams-Sonoma, Inc [NYSE: WSM] rose 3.15% to $170.2. The stock’s lowest price that day was $165.58, but it reached a high of $171.32 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.57%. Over the course of the year, Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares have jumped approximately 9.90%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Williams-Sonoma, Inc (WSM)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.39 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Williams-Sonoma, Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Williams-Sonoma, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by -1.18 million shares to 5.71 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 6.89 million shares. A decline of -20.63% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.87 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.87.
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In terms of Williams-Sonoma, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 186 in the next 12 months, up nearly 12.72% from the previous closing price of $165.01. Analysts anticipate Williams-Sonoma, Inc stock to reach 195 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 166. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked Williams-Sonoma, Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On March 20, 2025, UBS assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $165.
