Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Competitors

RH (NYSE:RH) and Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RH or WSM?

Williams-Sonoma has higher revenue and earnings than RH. Williams-Sonoma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RH	$3.11B	1.45	$127.56M	$3.48	69.61
Williams-Sonoma	$7.71B	2.61	$949.76M	$9.01	18.12

Is RH or WSM more profitable?

Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 14.54% compared to RH's net margin of 2.25%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 51.56% beat RH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RH	2.25%	-35.72%	2.09%
Williams-Sonoma	14.54%	51.56%	21.24%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RH or WSM?

90.2% of RH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.1% of RH shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RH or WSM?

RH has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor RH or WSM?

In the previous week, Williams-Sonoma had 75 more articles in the media than RH. MarketBeat recorded 110 mentions for Williams-Sonoma and 35 mentions for RH. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat RH's score of 0.03 indicating that Williams-Sonoma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RH	12 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Williams-Sonoma	32 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	15 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RH or WSM?

RH received 122 more outperform votes than Williams-Sonoma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.89% of users gave RH an outperform vote while only 49.00% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RH	Outperform Votes 830 61.89%	Underperform Votes 511 38.11%
Williams-Sonoma	Outperform Votes 708 49.00%	Underperform Votes 737 51.00%

Do analysts prefer RH or WSM?

RH presently has a consensus price target of $412.44, indicating a potential upside of 70.26%. Williams-Sonoma has a consensus price target of $177.93, indicating a potential upside of 8.98%. Given RH's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RH is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RH	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Williams-Sonoma	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Summary

Williams-Sonoma beats RH on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.