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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2026
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

NOTE 16—STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Restoration Hardware 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”) was adopted on November 1, 2012. The Stock Incentive Plan provided for the grant of incentive stock options to our employees and the grant of non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights, cash-based awards and any combination thereof to our employees, directors and consultants and our parent and subsidiary corporations’ employees, directors and consultants. The Restoration Hardware 2012 Stock Option Plan (the “Option Plan”) was adopted on November 1, 2012. On November 1, 2022, both the Stock Incentive Plan and Option Plan expired.

The RH 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2023 Stock Incentive Plan”, together with the Stock Incentive Plan and Option Plan, “the Plans”) was approved by stockholders on April 4, 2023. The 2023 Stock Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options to our employees and the grant of non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights and any combination thereof to our employees, directors and consultants and our parent and subsidiary corporations’ employees, directors and consultants.

The maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to all awards under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan is (i) 3,000,000, plus (ii) any shares of our common stock covered by any outstanding award (or portion of any such award) that has been granted under the Stock Incentive Plan if such award (or a portion of such award) is forfeited, is canceled or expires (whether voluntarily or involuntarily) without the issuance of shares of our common stock or if the shares underlying such award (or a portion of such award) that are surrendered or withheld in payment of the award’s exercise or purchase price or in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations with respect to an award would be deemed not to have been issued for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be issued under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan had such award been an award granted under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan. The 2023 Stock Incentive Plan has a ten-year term.

Awards under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan reduce the number of shares available for future issuance. Cancellations and forfeitures of awards previously granted under the Plans increase the number of shares available for future issuance. Shares issued as a result of award exercises under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan will be funded with the issuance of new shares. As of January 31, 2026, a total of 2,046,492 shares were available for future issuance under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan.

Stock Options Under the Plans

Stock option activity was as follows:

  ​ ​ ​

  ​ ​ ​

WEIGHTED-AVERAGE

OPTIONS

EXERCISE PRICE

Outstanding—February 1, 2025

 

3,652,114

$

212.65

Granted

 

369,750

178.08

Exercised

 

(82,896)

62.12

Cancelled

 

(200,495)

249.76

Outstanding—January 31, 2026

 

3,738,473

$

210.58

The fair value of stock options granted was estimated on the date of grant using the following weighted-average assumptions:

  ​ ​ ​ ​ ​YEAR ENDED

 

  ​ ​ ​

JANUARY 31,

  ​ ​ ​

FEBRUARY 1,

  ​ ​ ​

FEBRUARY 3, 

 

2026

2025

2024 

 

Expected volatility

 

70.7

%  

56.8

%  

54.3

%  

Expected life (years)

 

6.9

 

7.2

 

7.3

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

4.3

%  

4.5

%  

3.9

%  

Dividend yield

 

 

 

Additional information about stock options was as follows:

  ​ ​ ​ ​ ​YEAR ENDED

  ​ ​ ​

JANUARY 31,

  ​ ​ ​

FEBRUARY 1,

  ​ ​ ​

FEBRUARY 3, 

2026

2025

2024 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Weighted-average fair value per share of stock options granted

$

123.25

$

172.87

$

160.57

Aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised

 

12,735

 

90,058

 

34,556

Fair value of stock options vested

 

34,155

 

27,063

 

19,113

Information about stock options outstanding, vested or expected to vest, and exercisable as of January 31, 2026 was as follows:

OPTIONS OUTSTANDING

OPTIONS EXERCISABLE

  ​ ​ ​

  ​ ​ ​

WEIGHTED-

  ​ ​ ​

  ​ ​ ​

  ​ ​ ​

AVERAGE

WEIGHTED-

WEIGHTED-

REMAINING

AVERAGE

AVERAGE

NUMBER OF

CONTRACTUAL LIFE

EXERCISE

NUMBER OF

EXERCISE

RANGE OF EXERCISE PRICES

OPTIONS

(in years)

PRICE

OPTIONS

PRICE

$25.39 — $44.52

 

87,943

0.3

$

35.34

87,943

$

35.34

$50.00 — $50.00

 

1,000,000

1.3

50.00

1,000,000

50.00

$90.50 — $154.82

546,215

3.5

134.34

380,975

130.14

$157.77 — $264.27

 

632,040

8.0

212.33

96,136

230.95

$265.83 — $331.54

624,075

7.2

286.20

154,821

305.96

$339.50 — $352.66

29,000

7.4

346.39

6,900

348.34

$385.30 — $713.52

819,200

4.9

412.48

745,303

398.95

Total

 

3,738,473

 

$

210.58

 

2,472,078

$

190.93

Vested or expected to vest

 

3,496,800

 

$

207.60

 

  ​

 

  ​

Options outstanding, vested or expected to vest, and exercisable as of January 31, 2026 were as follows:

WEIGHTED-

WEIGHTED-

AGGREGATE

AVERAGE

AVERAGE

INTRINSIC

EXERCISE

REMAINING TERM

VALUE

SHARES

  ​ ​ ​

PRICE

  ​ ​ ​

(in years)

  ​ ​ ​

(in thousands)

Options outstanding

3,738,473

$

210.58

4.5

$

208,324

Options vested or expected to vest

3,496,800

207.60

4.3

205,991

Options exercisable

2,472,078

190.93

3.0

190,232

Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options, which is included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of income, was as follows:

YEAR ENDED

JANUARY 31,

FEBRUARY 1,

FEBRUARY 3, 

  ​ ​ ​

2026

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024 

(in thousands)

Stock-based compensation expense(1)

$

38,263

$

40,516

$

36,509

(1)On October 18, 2020, our Board of Directors granted our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gary Friedman, an option to purchase 700,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price equal to $385.30 per share under the Stock Incentive Plan. The option resulted in aggregate non-cash stock compensation expense of $174 million, of which, $0.9 million, $4.5 million and $9.6 million was recognized in fiscal 2025, fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, respectively, related to Mr. Friedman’s option. Compensation expense for this award was fully recognized as of fiscal 2025.

No stock-based compensation cost has been capitalized in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

As of January 31, 2026, the total unrecognized compensation expense and weighted-average remaining term of unvested awards were as follows:

UNRECOGNIZED

WEIGHTED-

STOCK BASED

AVERAGE

COMPENSATION

REMAINING TERM

(in thousands)

(in years)

Unvested options

$

119,524

4.4

Unvested restricted stock and restricted stock units

6,026

1.7

Total

$

125,550

Restricted Stock Awards Under the Plans

We grant restricted stock awards, which include restricted stock and restricted stock units, to our employees and members of our Board of Directors. Restricted stock award activity was as follows:

  ​ ​ ​

  ​ ​ ​

WEIGHTED-

  ​ ​ ​

AVERAGE

INTRINSIC

GRANT DATE FAIR

VALUE

AWARDS

VALUE

(in thousands)

Outstanding—February 1, 2025

 

11,220

$

433.56

 

  ​

Granted

 

24,690

183.38

 

  ​

Released

 

(14,110)

262.85

 

  ​

Cancelled

 

(1,200)

401.25

 

  ​

Outstanding—January 31, 2026

 

20,600

$

252.51

$

4,096

Additional information about restricted stock awards was as follows:

YEAR ENDED

  ​ ​ ​

JANUARY 31,

  ​ ​ ​

FEBRUARY 1,

  ​ ​ ​

FEBRUARY 3, 

2026

2025

2024 

Weighted-average fair value per share of awards granted

$

183.38

$

301.31

$

322.24

Grant date fair value of awards released (in thousands)

 

3,709

 

6,630

 

2,846

Stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards, which is included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of income, was as follows:

YEAR ENDED

JANUARY 31,

FEBRUARY 1,

FEBRUARY 3, 

  ​ ​ ​

2026

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024 

(in thousands)

Stock-based compensation expense

$

5,619

$

3,669

$

2,874