HBL News: Williams-Sonoma Outperforms Projections

Williams-Sonoma Inc has beat its own estimates in its latest quarter, subsequently raising its full-year forecast.

For the three months to May 1, 2011 net profit lifted to $31.6m, or 29 cents per share, up from $19.5m/18 cents a year earlier. Excluding items, it would have earned 30 cents per share, beating analyst estimates of 28 cents, according to Thomson Reuters.

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