Williams-Sonoma Stock Hits New 52-Week High (WSM)

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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) hit a new 52-week high Wednesday as it is currently trading at $45.69, above its previous 52-week high of $45.65 with 222,447 shares traded as of 9:40 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 1.5 million shares over the past 30 days.

Williams-Sonoma has a market cap of $4.46 billion and is part of the services sector and retail industry. Shares are up 16.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of home products. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.8, equal to the average retail industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Williams-Sonoma as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. You can view the full Williams-Sonoma Ratings Report.

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