---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000719955-26-000126"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-21T13:02:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T13:05:34.179709+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Q1 comp brand revenue +4.8%, EPS $1.93, operating margin 16.2%; FY guidance reiterated

## Summary
- Comparable brand revenue +4.8%; diluted EPS $1.93, up 4.3% YoY.
- Gross margin 44.0% (-30bps YoY) on lower merchandise margins, partially offset by supply chain efficiencies and occupancy leverage.
- Cash and equivalents $652M; generated $156M OCF; returned $373M to stockholders via buybacks ($288M) and dividends ($85M).
- Merchandise inventories $1.46B, +9.0% YoY, including ~$60M incremental tariff costs.
- FY 2026 guidance reiterated: net revenue growth +2.7% to +6.7% (comp +2% to +6%), op margin 17.5%-18.1%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000719955-26-000126
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T13:02:53+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000126/0000719955-26-000126-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000126/wsm-20260521.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000719955-26-000126
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000719955-26-000126.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WILLIAMS SONOMA INC reported the first quarter ended May 3, 2026 results: EPS $1.93 per share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the first quarter ended May 3, 2026
  - EPS: $1.93 per share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 21, 2026, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for its first quarter ended May 3, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000126/0000719955-26-000126-index.htm

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