WSM — WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on WSM
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-08-04 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-08-04 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-27 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-12 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-04 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Yearout Karalyn EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 522 | 246.39 | 128.6K |
| 2026-08-04 | Yearout Karalyn EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 1.0K | 250.00 | 250.0K |
| 2026-08-03 | Huffington Arianna Director | Grant or award | 114 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-15 | ALBER LAURA PRESIDENT & CEO | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 16.9K | 222.05 | 3.8M |
| 2026-07-15 | ALBER LAURA PRESIDENT & CEO | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 8.6K | 220.02 | 1.9M |
| 2026-07-15 | ALBER LAURA PRESIDENT & CEO | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 5.2K | 220.92 | 1.1M |
| 2026-07-15 | ALBER LAURA PRESIDENT & CEO | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 3.4K | 222.74 | 749.1K |
| 2026-07-15 | ALBER LAURA PRESIDENT & CEO | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 1.0K | 219.10 | 219.1K |
| 2026-06-18 | Finucane Anne A. Director | Option exercise | 148 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-18 | Finucane Anne A. Director | Option exercise | 162 | 0.00 | 0 |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2.1B | 11.6M |
| Aristotle Capital Management, LLC | 2.0B | 11.1M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.4B | 7.8M |
| BLACKHILL CAPITAL INC | 1.4B | 7.7M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.1B | 6.0M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 1.1B | 5.8M |
| FMR LLC | 757.6M | 4.2M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 693.9M | 3.8M |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | 485.8M | 2.7M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 324.8M | 1.8M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Latest SEC filings
| form | filed | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2026-08-10 | 2026-08-07 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 144 | 2026-08-07 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| SCHEDULE 13G | 2026-08-07 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-06 | 2026-08-04 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-04 | 2026-08-03 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-04 | 2026-08-03 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-04 | 2026-08-03 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-04 | 2026-08-03 | on EDGAR ↗ |
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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