Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment · SIC 5084

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC

MSM

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Latest revenue

$917.8M

as of 2026-02-28

Latest net income

$42.5M

as of 2026-02-28

Net margin

4.6%

as of 2026-02-28

Price · 5Y

+6.4% / yr 7.4 pts / yr vs S&P 500 36.2% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$106.50
0.49%
Market cap
$5.95B
Enterprise value
$5.95B
P/E (trailing)
29.8×
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
3.2%
52-wk high
$108.77
52-wk low
$78.80
Beta
Shares out
55.8M

5-year trend

What this company does

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Table of Contents ITEM 1. BUSINESS. General MSC is a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (“MRO”) products and services. With a history of driving innovation in industrial product distribution for more than 80 years, we help solve our manufacturing customers’ metalworking and MRO challenges. Through our technical metalworking expertise and inventory management and other supply chain solutions, our team of more than 7,000 associates helps to keep our customers’ manufacturing operations up and running and to improve their efficiency, productivity and profitability. We serve a broad range of customers throughout the United…

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Generated from MSM's filing dated 2025-10-23

Key risks

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS. In addition to the other information in this Report, the following factors should be considered in evaluating the Company and its business. Our future operating results depend upon many factors and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The known material risks and uncertainties which may cause our operating results to vary from anticipated results or which may negatively affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations are as follows: Risks Related to Our Business Our business depends heavily on the operating levels of our customers and the economic factors that affect them, including general economic conditions. Many of the primary markets…

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Profitability

Gross margin

40.8%

1.0%

Operating margin

8.0%

21.7%

Net margin

5.3%

21.9%

Return on equity

14.4%

22.7%

Return on assets

8.1%

22.9%

Leverage

Debt / equity

0.77×

0.6%

Long-term debt / equity

0.12×

39.3%

Debt / assets

43.6%

0.3%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-02-28

$917.8M+2.9%$42.5M+8.1%4.6%

Q4 2025

2025-11-29

$965.7M+4.0%$51.8M+11.1%5.4%

Q3 2025

2025-08-30

$978.2M+2.7%$56.5M+1.5%5.8%

Q2 2025

2025-05-31

$971.1M-0.8%$56.8M-20.7%5.9%

Q1 2025

2025-03-01

$891.7M-4.7%$39.3M-36.4%4.4%

Q4 2024

2024-11-30

$928.5M-2.7%$46.6M-32.8%5.0%

Q3 2024

2024-08-31

$952.3M$55.7M5.8%

Q2 2024

2024-06-01

$979.4M-7.1%$71.7M-24.7%7.3%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$18.0M

Insider selling

$903.9K

Net activity

+$17.0M

Distinct insiders

5

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-02-02

Rudina Seseri

Director

Sale1,800$86.83$156.3K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns MSM

Institutional value

$2.32B

Total shares held

26.0M

Distinct holders

279

-124 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.5.4M$501.3M+90.7K (+1.7%)Added
2VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC2.1M$196.8MNew
3VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC2.0M$184.7MNew
4FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP1.8M$163.6M+306.4K (+20.9%)Added
5Boston Partners1.7M$153.2M-72.8K (-4.2%)Trimmed
6DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.4M$125.2M+14.5K (+1.1%)Added
7Invesco Ltd.1.2M$106.2M-108.0K (-8.6%)Trimmed
8DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC705.8K$65.1M+212.1K (+43.0%)Added
9Alberta Investment Management Corp602.0K$55.5M-637.2K (-51.4%)Trimmed
10NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC578.8K$53.4M-43.1K (-6.9%)Trimmed
11MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP563.1K$52.0M-19.3K (-3.3%)Trimmed
12Bank of New York Mellon Corp487.1K$44.9M-5.0K (-1.0%)Trimmed
13Boston Trust Walden Corp486.5K$44.9M-65.7K (-11.9%)Trimmed
14Allianz Asset Management GmbH472.0K$43.5M+164.5K (+53.5%)Added
15PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC444.6K$41.0M-56 (-0.0%)Trimmed
16ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP387.3K$35.7M-33.4K (-7.9%)Trimmed
17UBS Group AG364.3K$33.6M-30.8K (-7.8%)Trimmed
18JPMORGAN CHASE & CO313.9K$28.2M+51.0K (+19.4%)Added
19VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO283.8K$26.2MNew
20Russell Investments Group, Ltd.228.8K$21.1M+24.3K (+11.9%)Added

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

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