---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000062996-21-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAS"
cik: "0000062996"
company_name: "MASCO CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:13:09.051330+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Masco Q2 sales +24% to $2.18B; adj EPS $1.14 beats; guidance raised

## Summary
- Sales up 24% to $2,179M; adjusted EPS $1.14 (+34% YoY); GAAP EPS $(0.14) from pension settlement.
- Adjusted operating margin expanded 60 bps to 20.1%; Plumbing net sales up 53%, Decorative Architectural down 5%.
- Repurchased 6.6M shares for $447M; returned $507M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
- Raised 2021 adj EPS guidance to $3.65-$3.75 from $3.50-$3.70; declared $0.235 quarterly dividend.
- Liquidity $1,769M; supply chain tightness managed; robust demand across end markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000062996-21-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAS
- cik: 0000062996
- company_name: MASCO CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/62996/000006299621000023/0000062996-21-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/62996/000006299621000023/mas-20210729.htm

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