MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
General ticker "MSM" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Industrial - Distribution
- Capitalization: $4.6B (TTM average)
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 63.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.5%: low 91.03$, high 93.81$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-01-14, amount 0.87$ (Y3.81%)
- Total employees count: 7000 (-5.1%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Gross margin pressures, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Reputation and brand risks, Stockholder conflicts
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 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: [77.73$, 107.72$]
- 2026-08-30 to 2027-08-30 estimated range: [87.94$, 119.46$]
Financial Metrics affecting the MSM estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 23.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 7.67 < Operating profit margin, % of 8.32
- Positive: 6.64 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.68
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 5.69
- Positive: 42.68 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 56.38 <= 64.29
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.02 <= 0.31
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.44 > 6.11
- Positive: 0.23 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.39
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.17 <= 0.80
- Positive: -4.43 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -1.27
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 | $3,455.79MM |
| Operating Income | $483.73MM | $390.39MM | $313.73MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-27.58MM | $-47.64MM | $-50.15MM |
| Interest Expense | $22.54MM | $25.77MM | $24.06MM |
| Income(Loss) | $456.16MM | $342.75MM | $263.58MM |
| Taxes | $113.05MM | $86.79MM | $65.74MM |
| Profit(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.