What does the company do?
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a specialty retailer of products for the home. The retail segment of the Company’s business sells its products through five retail store concepts: Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm and Williams-Sonoma Home. The direct-to-customer segment of the Company’s business sells similar products through its seven direct-mail catalogs and through six e-commerce Websites. The Company’s Williams-Sonoma stores offer a selection of culinary and serving equipment, including cookware, cookbooks, cutlery, informal dinnerware, glassware, table linens, specialty foods and cooking ingredients. The Company has two segments: retail and direct-to-customer. The catalogs reach customers in the United States, while the five retail concepts, as of February 1, 2009, operated 627 stores in 44 states.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Williams Sonoma one-year sales: 3.04 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Home Furnishing Stores group: -44.89% - Williams Sonoma one-year income: -17.11 Mil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 3.04 Bil | 5.52 Bil | | Income | -17.11 Mil | 304.27 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Williams Sonoma one-year sales growth: -19.80%.
Difference from the average for the Home Furnishing Stores group: -18.20 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -19.80% | -1.60% | | Income Growth | NA | 9.20% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Williams Sonoma one-year net profit margin: -0.6%
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -0.6% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 4.7% | | Industry | 4.7% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Williams Sonoma debt/equity ratio: 0.02.
Difference from the average for the Home Furnishing Stores group: NA.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.02 | 0.02 |
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