Williams Sonoma WSM
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Williams Sonoma (WSM) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2022)

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Williams Sonoma (WSM) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 70.32% for fiscal Q4 2022 (quarter ended Jan 30, 2022), up 32.36 percentage points from 37.96% a year earlier and up 2.85 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Williams Sonoma (WSM) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2022) Analysis & Trends

For FY2022 (ended Jan 30, 2022), Williams Sonoma posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 62.40%, up 22.64 percentage points from FY2021.

  • Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a three-year change of +39.49 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2022).
  • By fiscal year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 39.76% in FY2021 (+15.49 pp), 24.27% in FY2020 (+1.36 pp) and 22.91% in FY2019.
  • The fiscal Q4 2022 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to fiscal Q3 2011.
  • Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +20.09 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was fiscal Q2 2022 (a gain of 46.32 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2019 (a drop of 5.50 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2022 came in at 67.47% (Q3 2022), 66.71% (Q2 2022) and 52.12% (Q1 2022).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Amazon Com 2,674.18 Bn 2,190.88 Bn 104.83 Bn 11.04%
2 Home Depot 319.00 Bn 312.24 Bn 16.12 Bn 23.31%
3 Tjx Companies 159.67 Bn 137.22 Bn 5.07 Bn 44.55%
4 Lowes Companies 111.47 Bn 104.43 Bn 8.58 Bn 26.54%
5 O Reilly Automotive 73.39 Bn 72.48 Bn 2.52 Bn 54.96%
6 Ross Stores 73.30 Bn 56.23 Bn 2.12 Bn 33.92%
7 Target 69.39 Bn 63.98 Bn 8.94 Bn 14.40%
8 Carvana 63.54 Bn 55.14 Bn 1.38 Bn 0.00%
9 Autozone 52.26 Bn 51.16 Bn 2.52 Bn 46.31%
10 Williams Sonoma 29.74 Bn 25.82 Bn 1.01 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 30, 2022 70.32%
Oct 31, 2021 67.47%
Aug 1, 2021 66.71%
May 2, 2021 52.12%
Jan 31, 2021 37.96%
Nov 1, 2020 28.77%
Aug 2, 2020 20.38%
May 3, 2020 19.52%
Feb 2, 2020 23.67%
Nov 3, 2019 23.38%
Aug 4, 2019 24.74%
May 5, 2019 24.14%
Feb 3, 2019 23.32%
Oct 28, 2018 19.60%
Jul 29, 2018 18.50%
Apr 29, 2018 17.78%
Jan 28, 2018 18.30%
Oct 29, 2017 23.37%
Jul 30, 2017 24.01%
Oct 30, 2016 23.57%
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