secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WILLIAMS SONOMA INC (WSM)
CIK:        0000719955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-21T13:02:53+00:00
Accession:  0000719955-26-000126
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000126/0000719955-26-000126-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000126/wsm-20260521.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000719955-26-000126

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