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MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

MSM
88.340USD
+0.310+0.35%
Close 11/10, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
4.93BMarket Cap
24.73P/E TTM

MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

88.340
+0.310+0.35%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-10

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
58 / 182
Overall Ranking
144 / 4611
Industry
Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 11 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
89.950
Target Price
+2.18%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
MSC Industrial Direct Co, Inc. is a distributor of a range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services. Its range of metalworking and MRO products includes cutting tools, measuring instruments, tooling components, metalworking products, fasteners, flat stock, raw materials, abrasives, machinery hand and power tools, safety and janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, materials handling products, power transmission components and electrical supplies. It offers saleable stock-keeping units through its e-commerce channels, including its Website https://www.mscdirect.com; its inventory management solutions; its brochures, and its customer care centers, customer fulfillment centers, regional inventory centers and warehouses. It offers advanced tools that integrate its solutions with customer purchasing platforms and workflows. This includes straightforward integrations, such as embedding customer inventory levels into searches on the Company’s Website.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 95.14%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 95.14%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PE is 24.72, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 49.21M shares, decreasing 11.88% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Chuck Royce
Star Investor Chuck Royce holds 465.69K shares of this stock.
Lower Market Activity
The company has less investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of -0.33.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-10

The company's current financial score is 7.30, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.50. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 978.17M, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.72%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 1.53%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.30
Change
0

Financials

7.28

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.39

Operational Efficiency

7.30

Growth Potential

7.31

Shareholder Returns

7.25

MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-10

The company’s current valuation score is 6.42, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.16. Its current P/E ratio is 24.72, which is 5.16% below the recent high of 26.00 and 51.46% above the recent low of 12.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.42
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 58/182
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-10

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.18, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.56. The average price target for MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc is 90.00, with a high of 98.00 and a low of 81.70.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.18
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 11 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
89.950
Target Price
+2.18%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

73
Total
7
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc
MSM
11
Parker-Hannifin Corp
PH
25
Cognex Corp
CGNX
23
Xylem Inc
XYL
23
WW Grainger Inc
GWW
21
Symbotic Inc
SYM
21
1
2
3
...
15

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-10

The company’s current price momentum score is 8.70, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.41. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 92.39 and the support level at 83.70, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.28
Change
1.42

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(3)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.753
Neutral
RSI(14)
54.256
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
75.524
Buy
ATR(14)
2.311
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
97.132
Neutral
Williams %R
39.701
Buy
TRIX(12,20)
-0.155
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Overbought
Moving Average
Sell(1)
Neutral(0)
Buy(5)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
87.012
Buy
MA10
85.836
Buy
MA20
86.373
Buy
MA50
89.032
Sell
MA100
88.256
Buy
MA200
83.650
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-10

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.04. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 88.21%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 19.23%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 4.44M shares, representing 7.96% of shares outstanding, with 2.68% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Jacobson (Mitchell Lawrence)
8.15M
+1.99%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
4.52M
-3.13%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
4.47M
-1.13%
American Century Investment Management, Inc.
3.74M
+2.54%
Gershwind (Erik)
2.14M
+3.78%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
1.74M
-2.55%
Boston Partners
1.73M
-1.93%
First Trust Advisors L.P.
1.72M
-12.68%
State Street Investment Management (US)
1.62M
-0.05%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
1.31M
+4.17%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-10

The company’s current risk assessment score is 9.37, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 5.63. The company's beta value is 0.83. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.37
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.83
VaR
+2.39%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+19.39%
240-Day Volatility
+29.63%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+4.51%
120 days
+6.52%
5 years
+8.45%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-3.28%
120 days
-3.28%
5 years
-10.42%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.27
120 days
+0.76
5 years
+0.37

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+19.39%
3 years
+33.20%
5 years
+33.20%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.18
3 years
+0.06
5 years
+0.07
Skewness
240 days
+0.79
3 years
+0.08
5 years
+0.09

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+29.63%
5 years
+25.24%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.32%
5 years
+2.11%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+164.13%
240 days
+164.13%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+17.76%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+15.40%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.03%
120 days
+1.03%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-32.78%
60 days
+2.44%
120 days
+2.30%

Peer Comparison

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