Yahoo Finance Williams-Sonoma (WSM) to Post Q1 Earnings: What's in Store?
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM is scheduled to report first-quarter fiscal 2020 results on May 28, after the closing bell.
In the last reported quarter, the company’s earnings and revenues beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.9% and 1.5%, respectively. On a year-over-year basis, earnings and revenues of this multi-channel specialty retailer of premium quality home products grew 1.4% and 0.4%, respectively.
Markedly, Williams-Sonoma reported better-than-expected earnings in the last four quarters, with the average surprise being 7.5%.
Trend in Estimate Revision
For the quarter to be reported, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings per share has increased 600% to 14 cents over the past 30 days. However, the estimated figure indicates a decrease of 82.7% from 81 cents per share reported in the year-ago quarter. The consensus mark for revenues is pegged at $1.10 billion, suggesting a 11.5% decline from the year-ago reported figure of $1.24 billion.
Factors to Note
Williams-Sonoma’s sales and earnings are expected to be have declined in the fiscal first quarter. The global impact of the coronavirus pandemic resulted in the closure of many retail stores throughout the world. Temporary store closures in North America are expected to have impacted the company’s fiscal first-quarter performance.
While relentless competition, tariffs and tough comparisons are expected to have been pressing concerns, the multi-channel multi-brand platform, strong e-commerce growth, solid execution of strategic initiatives, digital leadership, product innovation, retail transformation and operational excellence across businesses are expected to have provided some support to the top line. Also, cross-brand initiatives and momentum of the West Elm brand are likely to have positively contributed to its consolidated comps to some extent.
Importantly, Williams-Sonoma’s online sales trends have accelerated, which more than offset the lost sales from closed stores. This is expected to have meaningfully contributed to its top line in the to-be-reported quarter.
What the Zacks Model Unveils
Our proven model predicts an earnings beat for Williams-Sonoma this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Williams-Sonoma, which shares space with RH RH in the Zacks Retail - Home Furnishings industry, currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 and has an Earnings ESP of +264.3%. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
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