---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-017607"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T07:59:48.239235+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WSM Q2: EPS $3.24 (+80%), revenue +30.7%; raises FY outlook, dividend +20%, $1.25B buyback

## Summary
- Q2 GAAP diluted EPS $3.21, non-GAAP $3.24 (+80% YoY); comparable brand revenue +29.8% (2YR +40.3%).
- GAAP operating margin 16.6%; non-GAAP 16.7%, expanding 360 bps.
- Quarterly dividend increased 20.3% to $0.71/share; payable Nov 26, record Oct 22.
- Board authorized new $1.25B stock repurchase program, superseding ~$560M remaining.
- FY2021 revenue guidance raised to high-teens/low-twenties growth; op margin 16-17%; $10B revenue target by 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-017607
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828021017607/0001628280-21-017607-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828021017607/wsm-20210822.htm

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