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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-033582"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSO"
cik: "0000105016"
company_name: "WATSCO INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:01:36.978347+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Watsco reports record Q4 EPS $2.02, full-year EPS $10.78; raises dividend 13% to $8.80

## Summary
- Q4 EPS $2.02 (up 77% YoY), record sales $1.5B (up 31%), net income $79M.
- Full-year EPS $10.78 (up 54%), sales $6.3B, net income $419M, operating margin 10.0% (record).
- Annual dividend raised 13% to $8.80 per share; next payment April 29, 2022. 48 consecutive years of dividends.
- Same-store sales growth Q4 21%, full-year 18%; gross margin expanded 240 bps to 26.6% for the year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-033582
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSO
- cik: 0000105016
- company_name: WATSCO INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312522033582/0001193125-22-033582-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312522033582/d286891d8k.htm

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