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MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

MSM

90.990USD

-1.840-1.98%

Close 09/19, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

5.07BMarket Cap

25.52P/E TTM

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MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

90.990

-1.840-1.98%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

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 a weak 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.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

31 / 192

Overall Ranking

123 / 4720

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

90.617

Target Price

-2.38%

Upside Space

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

Company 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 72.42%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 72.42%.

Overvalued

The company’s latest PE is 25.61, at a high 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 60.82M shares, decreasing 7.16% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by The Vanguard

Star Investor The Vanguard holds 4.47M 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: 2025-09-19

The company's current financial score is 7.94, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.47. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 971.14M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.84%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 20.72%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.94

Change

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Financials

6.19

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

8.31

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

7.74

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

10.00

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

7.46

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company’s current valuation score is 3.85, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 2.45. Its current P/E ratio is 26.13, which is -30.94% below the recent high of 18.04 and 41.35% above the recent low of 15.32.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

3.85

Change

0.05

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 31/192

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.55, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.59. The average price target for MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc is 87.50, with a high of 105.00 and a low of 81.70.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.55

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 11 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

90.617

Target Price

-2.38%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

MSM

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Xylem Inc

XYL

Pentair PLC

PNR

WW Grainger Inc

GWW

Cognex Corp

CGNX

...

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: 2025-09-19

The company’s current price momentum score is 9.08, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.78. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 95.87 and the support level at 88.23, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

9.08

Change

-1.8

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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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(4)

Neutral(3)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.324

Neutral

RSI(14)

51.952

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

28.726

Sell

ATR(14)

1.903

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

6.865

Neutral

Williams %R

56.947

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

0.187

Sell

StochRSI(14)

0.000

Sell

Moving Average

Sell(3)

Neutral(0)

Buy(3)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

91.750

Sell

MA10

91.878

Sell

MA20

91.438

Sell

MA50

88.851

Buy

MA100

85.313

Buy

MA200

82.308

Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.81. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 109.21%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.66%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 4.47M shares, representing 8.04% of shares outstanding, with 1.77% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

10.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

Jacobson (Mitchell Lawrence)

8.15M

+1.99%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

4.67M

+1.75%

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

4.53M

-0.97%

American Century Investment Management, Inc.

3.65M

+6.79%

Gershwind (Erik)

2.07M

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

1.78M

+5.21%

Boston Partners

1.76M

+22.85%

First Trust Advisors L.P.

1.97M

-1.01%

State Street Global Advisors (US)

1.62M

+13.22%

Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.

1.25M

+16.20%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-09-19

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.87, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 4.36. The company's beta value is 0.93. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.