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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000719955-25-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:37:37.676378+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams-Sonoma Q3 EPS $1.96, comps +4.0%, raises FY op margin guidance

## Summary
- Q3 comparable brand revenue +4.0%; operating margin 17.0% (+10bps YoY); diluted EPS $1.96 (+4.8%).
- Gross margin 46.1% (+70bps) on higher merch margins and supply chain efficiencies; SG&A rate 29.1% (+60bps).
- Board authorized new $1B stock repurchase program (effective after current $637M remaining exhausted).
- Raising FY2025 operating margin guidance to 17.8%-18.1%; reiterating revenue guidance of +0.5% to +3.5%.
- Strong liquidity: $885M cash and $316M operating cash flow; returned $347M via buybacks and dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000719955-25-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995525000043/0000719955-25-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995525000043/wsm-20251119.htm

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