Williams-Sonoma, Inc’s recently made public that its Officer Laura Alber acquired Company’s shares for reported $18.01 million on Sep 15 ’25. In the deal valued at $200.13 per share,90,000 shares were bought.
Then, King David Randolph sold 17,500 shares, generating $3,563,000 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $203.60, the EVP GENERAL COUNSEL now owns 98,560 shares.
Before that, King David Randolph bought 23,488 shares. Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares valued at $4,752,092 were divested by the Officer at a price of $202.32 per share.
Gordon Haskett upgraded its Williams-Sonoma, Inc [WSM] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Barclays’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid May from “an Underweight” to “an Equal weight”. Telsey Advisory Group also remained covering WSM and reiterated its “an Outperform” recommendation on May 19, 2025. KeyBanc Capital Markets revised its rating on April 25, 2025. It rated WSM as “an Overweight” which previously was an “a Sector weight”.
Price Performance Review of WSM
On Tuesday, Williams-Sonoma, Inc [NYSE:WSM] saw its stock fall -2.49% to $196.06. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.25%. Williams-Sonoma, Inc shares have risen nearly 44.31% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 5.88% 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 2025-08-29, dropping by -0.31 million shares to a total of 6.2 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 6.5 million shares. There was a decline of -4.95%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.