Company Dossier · Consumer Discretionary
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to August 2, 2026: $8.01 billion, up 2.3% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to August 2, 2026: $1.34 billion, up 30% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to August 2, 2026: $0.27 billion, up 3.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to February 1, 2026: $0.85 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 26, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 3 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed March 26, 2026): 3 risk factors added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $16.5 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,007 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+75 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 6 (12 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Apr 27, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending45th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex42nd pct
- Hiring filings27th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications65th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment93rd pct
- Call confidence94th pct
- Guidance changes76th pct
- Risk factors added36th pct
- Insider open-market trades45th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
- + Guidance changes
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver61st pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$0.0B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $0.0B
- Default point $0.0B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jan 30, 2022 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Sep 5, 2026Trademark
- Jul 29, 2026Trademark
- Jul 29, 2026Trademark
- Jul 15, 2026Trademark
- Jun 29, 2026Trademark
- Jun 22, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 27, 2026Risk event
- Mar 26, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)3 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Jan 20, 2026PatentPatent granted: FOOD CORING DEVICEUS 12527425
- Sep 17, 2025Risk event
- Jun 27, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 13, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 27, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jul 2, 2024PatentPatent granted: Food SlicerUS 12023823
- Mar 20, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)3 risk factors added, 4 removed
- Aug 22, 2023Patent
- May 30, 2023PatentPatent granted: Lighted Decorative ArticleUS 11662089
- Dec 14, 2021Patent
Peers
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