Williams-Sonoma, Inc. dividend history
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s dividend was $2.64 a share in fiscal 2026, up 15.8% on the year before. That was 29.1% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2013.
Dividends, buybacks and capital spending
- Buybacks (TTM)
- $853M
- Dividends (TTM)
- $336M
- Returned to shareholders
- 88%
- of free cash flow
- Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
- $2B
- Diluted share count
- −3.4%
- year over year
- Total shareholder yield
- 3.9%
- dividends 1.1% + buybacks 2.8% of market value
- Dividend payout ratio
- 29%
- of net income paid out
- Sales & admin spending
- 28.0%
- of revenue
Dividends by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | 2010Jan 2010 | 2011Jan 2011 | 2012Jan 2012 | 2013Feb 2013 | 2014Feb 2014 | 2015Feb 2015 | 2016Jan 2016 | 2017Jan 2017 | 2018Jan 2018 | 2019Feb 2019 | 2020Feb 2020 | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Jan 2024 | 2025Feb 2025 | 2026Feb 2026 | LTMAug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend per share | — | $0.290 | — | $0.440 | $0.620 | $0.660 | $0.700 | $0.740 | $0.780 | $0.860 | $0.960 | $1.01 | $1.30 | $1.56 | $1.80 | $2.28 | $2.64 | — |
| Dividend per share growth | — | — | — | — | +40.9% | +6.5% | +6.1% | +5.7% | +5.4% | +10.3% | +11.6% | +5.2% | +28.7% | +20.0% | +15.4% | +26.7% | +15.8% | — |
| Dividends paid | 51 | 59 | 69 | 88 | 112 | 126 | 128 | 134 | 135 | 140 | 151 | 158 | 188 | 217 | 232 | 280 | 316 | 336 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 125 | 194 | 155 | 239 | 224 | 225 | 151 | 196 | 295 | 149 | 150 | 899 | 880 | 313 | 807 | 854 | 853 |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 66.0% | 29.5% | 29.1% | 34.2% | 40.0% | 40.7% | 41.2% | 43.7% | 52.0% | 42.1% | 42.3% | 23.2% | 16.7% | 19.3% | 24.5% | 24.9% | 29.1% | 28.5% |
| Dividends ÷ free cash flow | 12.2% | 20.1% | 42.8% | 55.3% | 42.9% | 49.0% | 37.4% | 40.8% | 43.6% | 35.4% | 35.8% | 14.3% | 16.4% | 31.1% | 15.6% | 24.6% | 30.0% | 25.0% |
Recent dividend announcements
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc. declares quarterly cash dividend Source
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