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Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

WSM

Consumer Cyclical · 226.09 +1.1% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 41 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 4.4% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 0.6 percentage points.
Company+1.1% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 41 activeHomebuilding & Building Products · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 1 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • The filing quantifies supply chain efficiencies that improved margins by 50 basis points, including a lower shrink accrual, partially offsetting tariff pressure.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if WSM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 41 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 4.4% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Operating margin fell 0.6 percentage points.
  • Net margin fell 0.6 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • The filing quantifies supply chain efficiencies that improved margins by 50 basis points, including a lower shrink accrual, partially offsetting tariff pressure.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations602
Usable filing statements82
Verified relationships1
Evidence supporting the case

No qualifying supportive evidence was identified.

Evidence challenging the case
  • Supply chain and availability has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Tariffs and trade policy has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 46% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 345% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

226.09
6m+26.1%12m+11.6%24m+73.3%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-01-30$8.2B+21.6%$14.75-3.4%
2023-01-29$8.7B+5.2%$8.16
2024-01-28$7.8B-10.6%$7.28-5.5%
2025-02-02$7.7B-0.5%$8.79-1.9%
2026-02-01$7.8B+1.2%$8.84-3.8%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Supply chain and availabilitymixed · 5 filings
Cash Flows from Investing Activities For the first half of fiscal 2026, net cash used in investing activities was $116.4 million compared to $111.5 million for the first half of fiscal 2025, and was primarily attributable to purchases of property and equipmen…
10-Q · Aug 28, 2026
Tariffs and trade policymixed · 5 filings
This increase was primarily due to the collection of IEEPA tariff refunds of $200.2 million, which includes related interest.
10-Q · Aug 28, 2026
Input and raw-material costsmixed · 2 filings
This decrease in gross margin of 20 basis points was driven by (i) the out-of-period freight adjustment in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 of 90 basis points, partially offset by (ii) supply chain efficiencies of 40 basis points, including reductions in dama…
10-Q · Nov 25, 2025
Pricing and mixmixed · 2 filings
This increase in gross margin of 220 basis points was driven by (i) higher merchandise margins of 190 basis points due to select price increases and higher full-price selling and (ii) supply chain efficiencies of 30 basis points, including reductions in retur…
10-Q · Aug 29, 2025

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 3.6× · EV/sales 3.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

226.09+1.1% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for WSM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing presents a mixed picture

10-Q filed 2026-05-22 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-28.

mixed
OperationsmixedEvidence score 0
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationpremium

What improved

  • Revenue increased 4.4% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Operating margin fell 0.6 percentage points.
  • Net margin fell 0.6 percentage points.

Filing receipts

This decrease in gross margin of 30 basis points was primarily driven by (i) lower merchandise margins of 100 basis points as a result of the flow-through of tariffs into cost of goods sold, partially offset by (ii) supply chain efficiencies of 50 basis points, including a lower shrink accrual, and (iii) the leverage of occupancy costs of 20 basis points due to higher sales.

Net cash provided by operating activities compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2025 increased $37.4 million primarily due to an increase in gift card and other deferred revenue of $14.9 million and an increase in accounts payable of $13.6 million.

This increase of 30 basis points was primarily driven by (i) an increase in employment expense of 30 basis points due to an investment in talent, including higher performance-based incentive compensation, and (ii) an increase in general expenses of 10 basis points, partially offset by (iii) advertising expense leverage of 10 basis points.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind WSM

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depended on by

ARHSArhaus, Inc.competitorFeb 26, 2026

We also compete with national and regional home furnishing retailers and department showrooms, including RH, Room & Board, Serena and Lily, Williams Sonoma and Crate & Barrel.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

WSM is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Homebuilding & Building Products. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.