---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-030305"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T17:00:10.204956+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams-Sonoma Q3 EPS $3.72 (+13% YoY); comp brand revenue +8.1%; reiterates FY guidance

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $3.72, up 13.1% GAAP and 12.0% non-GAAP; operating margin 15.5%.
- Comparable brand revenue +8.1% (2-year comp +25.0%, 3-year comp ~50%).
- Gross margin 41.5% (down 220bps) from higher shipping/freight; merchandise margin flat YoY.
- Generated $205M operating cash flow; ended Q3 with $113M cash.
- Reiterated FY2022 mid-to-high single digit net revenue growth; operating margin relatively in-line with FY2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-030305
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022030305/0001628280-22-030305-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022030305/wsm-20221117.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-030305.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WILLIAMS SONOMA INC reported third quarter ended October 30, 2022 results: EPS $3.72 per share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: third quarter ended October 30, 2022
  - EPS: $3.72 per share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Diluted EPS. $3.72 per share, increasing 13.1% on a GAAP basis and 12.0% on a non-GAAP basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022030305/0001628280-22-030305-index.htm

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