Robert W. Baird Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Williams-Sonoma (WSM)

Robert W. Baird analyst Peter Benedict reiterated a Buy rating on Williams-Sonoma yesterday. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $172.55.

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According to TipRanks, Benedict is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 15.2% and a 67.07% success rate. Benedict covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Tractor Supply.

In addition to Robert W. Baird, Williams-Sonoma also received a Buy from TD Cowen’s Max Rakhlenko in a report issued yesterday. However, today, Barclays maintained a Hold rating on Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM).

Based on Williams-Sonoma’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending August 3, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $1.84 billion and a net profit of $247.56 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $1.79 billion and had a net profit of $225.75 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 49 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of WSM in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in September 2025, Karalyn Smith, the EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER of WSM sold 3,500.00 shares for a total of $695,765.00.