MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
General ticker "MSM" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Industrial - Distribution
- Capitalization: $5.3B (TTM average)
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 60.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 128.71$, high 132.01$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-10-22 bmo
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-07-08, amount 0.87$ (Y2.67%)
- Total employees count: 7284 (+4.1%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 94.8% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2022-09-03
- Top business risk factors: Customer demand volatility, Economic downturns and volatility, Supply chain disruptions, Liquidity and credit risks, Regulatory and compliance
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-08-30 to 2027-08-30
- 2025-08-30 to 2026-08-30 estimated range: [78.33$, 108.50$]
- 2026-08-30 to 2027-08-30 estimated range: [88.65$, 120.44$]
Financial Metrics affecting the MSM estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 24.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 4.90 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.65
- Positive: 7.80 < Operating profit margin, % of 8.00
- Positive: 3.66 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 5.39
- Positive: 5.41 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 6.75
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.17 <= 0.41
- Positive: 49.86 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 56.38 <= 58.56
Short-term MSM quotes
Long-term MSM plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-09-02 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $4,009.28MM | $3,820.95MM | $3,769.52MM |
| Operating Expenses | $3,525.55MM | $3,430.56MM | $3,467.96MM |
| Operating Income | $483.73MM | $390.39MM | $301.56MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-27.58MM | $-47.64MM | $-37.98MM |
| Interest Expense | $22.54MM | $25.77MM | $24.06MM |
| Income(Loss) | $456.16MM | $342.75MM | $263.58MM |
| Taxes | $113.05MM | $86.79MM | $65.74MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $343.23MM | $258.59MM | $199.33MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $1,479.16MM | $1,391.80MM | $1,388.21MM |
| Inventory | $726.52MM | $643.90MM | $644.09MM |
| Assets | $2,544.13MM | $2,462.31MM | $2,462.06MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $699.58MM | $410.70MM | $333.72MM |
| Capital expenditure | $92.49MM | $99.41MM | $92.84MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-112.67MM | $-123.40MM | $-63.29MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-580.40MM | $-307.35MM | $-243.57MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $6.14 | $4.60 | $3.57 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.