Williams-Sonoma, Inc’s recent filing unveils that its PRESIDENT & CEO ALBER LAURA unloaded Company’s shares for reported $5.05 million on Jul 15 ’25. In the deal valued at $168.18 per share,30,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, ALBER LAURA now holds 966,927 shares worth roughly $166.5 million.
Then, ALBER LAURA bought 75,000 shares, generating $12,610,696 in total proceeds.
Before that, Howie Jeffrey sold 4,000 shares. Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares valued at $675,852 were divested by the EVP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER at a price of $168.96 per share. As a result of the transaction, Howie Jeffrey now holds 34,388 shares, worth roughly $5.92 million.
Barclays upgraded its Williams-Sonoma, Inc [WSM] rating to an Equal weight from a an Underweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Telsey Advisory Group’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in mid May has reiterated a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for it. KeyBanc Capital Markets also remained covering WSM and has increased its forecast on April 25, 2025 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “Sector weight” rating. Robert W. Baird revised its rating on April 07, 2025. It rated WSM as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of WSM
On Monday, Williams-Sonoma, Inc [NYSE:WSM] saw its stock jump 1.06% to $172.2. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.02%. Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares have risen nearly 14.74% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -7.01% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Williams-Sonoma, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Williams-Sonoma, Inc stocks on 2025-06-13, dropping by -1.18 million shares to a total of 5.71 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-05-15 was 6.89 million shares. There was a decline of -20.63%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
