Kitchenware and home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday morning. Here’s what you need to know.

Williams-Sonoma beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.88 billion, up 4.6% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ gross margin estimates and a decent beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting Williams-Sonoma’s revenue to decline 1.9% year on year, a reversal from the 8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Williams-Sonoma rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.

Looking at Williams-Sonoma’s peers in the home furnishing and improvement retail segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Sleep Number’s revenues decreased 7.8% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.7%, and Arhaus reported revenues up 5.1%, topping estimates by 4.1%. Sleep Number traded down 22.9% following the results while Arhaus was also down 1.6%.

Read our full analysis of Sleep Number’s results here and Arhaus’s results here.

The outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. While some of the home furnishing and improvement retail stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 9.8% on average over the last month. Williams-Sonoma is down 13.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $206.37 (compared to the current share price of $182.36).

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