Wayfair vs Williams Sonoma
W and WSM side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How W and WSM compare
Williams Sonoma is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Wayfair ($29.8B against $15.9B).
Wayfair grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.5% versus 2.2% for Williams Sonoma).
Williams Sonoma keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.7% compared with −2.5% at Wayfair.
Williams Sonoma pays a dividend yielding 1.2%; Wayfair does not pay one.
Williams Sonoma scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 4 for Wayfair), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | W | WSM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $15.9B | $29.8B |
| Share price | $115.91 | $252.72 |
| Change, 1 year | 11.9% | 29.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −52.9% | 144% |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.76 | 1.42 |
| Employees | 13K | 20K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 25.9× |
| P/S | 1.2× (better) | 3.7× |
| P/B | – | 13.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 35.6× | 16.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 28.2× | 22.2× (better) |
| PEG | – | 9.57 |
| FCF yield | 3.5% | 4.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $38.08 | $153.08 |
| Margin of safety | −204% | −65.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.5% (better) | 2.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.5% | 2.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 4.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 8.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 15.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 30.1% | 47.2% (better) |
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 19.2% (better) |
| Net margin | −2.5% | 14.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | 16.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 55.0% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 101% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.36 | – |
| Current ratio | 0.74 | 1.45 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.67 | 8.28 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.2% |
| Payout ratio | – | 28.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 15 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 21.2% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 4.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 89.5% | 96.1% |
| Held by insiders | 15.0% | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$188M | −$49.4M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.3% | 4.7% |
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- W stock overview
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