Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)

a good home retailer

This company will figure out how to adjust.

good place to shop for your home

Discretionary dismeshenary.

good value at this point........

Sometimes you have to catch a stock even if it hasn't bottomed out yet. Williams Sonoma + Pottery Barn are upper middle class retail stores that are experiencing bad times. But not do to management, just to economic conditions.

This stock is trading at less than 1/2 its 52 week high and 1/3 its all time peak. They will be back.

Williams Sonoma is a specialty retailer that sells everything from cookware to bed and bath products. My fiance loves their stores and I have the bank statement to prove it.
This is a solid company and it has a great group of managers. They only have about 600 stores nationwide...that's around 11 or 12 stores per state. So, I'd say they have plenty of room to grow, and with ROA near 13 percent.... they have pretty good reason to continue that growth.
This company reminds me of a more diversified and established version of Middleby. They're boring, they have a solid business model, and good inside ownership. It's hard to find something I don't like about this company....other than how much money I'm losing to them via my fiance.
Go Long,
Fool On!!!

I THINK THE BOTTOM OF THE PREMIUM HOME FURNISHING MARKET IS OVER

Just the place to go to buy a toaster for your anniversary, or plates for your college buddy's second marriage (his first wife got the set you gave him 20 years ago). Still well-managed and positioned to rise.

Excellent product line up for 4th quarter with particular improvements in Pottery Barn sector. However, Williams-Sonoma Home is not as strong this season.

West Elm is hot stuff and has lots of room to grow. High insider ownership. One possible negative I'm keeping an eye on is the inventory hopefully not a sign of bad things to come.

Good price at $29. Expect continued growth thru next year and the share price will hit $40 or better.

I have bought both used and new items from pottery Barn, the quality and looks of their products hold their value which means to me that this company has strong consumer confidence.

As long as the economy is strong, people will turn to companies like William Sonoma and its line of medium price but high end furniture and cooking stores to fill their homes.

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At $36, it's 33% undervalued. Est annual growth = 11-20%. My wife is always shopping at their stores on-line, and I bet this will continue to grow with women.

Chart pattern indicates to go up, and I'm not a technical analyzer! Even I can see this. Going into their stores is a treat.

WSM has good fundamentals and good management. It has tanked due to the decline in the housing market, which should rebound by the second quarter of 2007 and bring WSM up with it. It has a great management team that should solve the problem with Pottery Barn.

nice price + internet stores