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MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (MSM)

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MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (MSM) reported revenue of $1.0 billion for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 May 2026, up 7.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $80 million, up 41.4% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $1.44. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 1 July 2026.

Revenue$1.0 billionup 7.8%
Net income$80 millionup 41.4%
Diluted EPS$1.44
QuarterQ3 FY2026ended 30 May 2026

MSC Industrial Direct (MSM) in brief

MSC Industrial Direct (MSM) reported revenue of $3.8 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 30 August 2025, down 1.3% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $199 million and diluted earnings per share $3.57. Revenue was $3.8 billion in fiscal 2024, $4.0 billion in fiscal 2023, $3.7 billion in fiscal 2022 and $3.2 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $259 million, $343 million, $340 million and $217 million. Over the twelve months to 30 May 2026, MSC Industrial Direct reported revenue of $3.9 billion and net income of $231 million. Revenue grew 3.4% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. MSC Industrial Direct declared $2.22 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 56 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 May 2026 it carried $507 million of debt and $74 million of cash. At the close of 8 October 2026 the market cap of MSC Industrial Direct was $7.2 billion, 31.1 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE16.3%
ROCE17.2%
Operating margin8.5%
Net margin5.9%
FCF margin5.6%
Interest cover15.01
Debt to equity0.36
Cash conversion1.32
Share count, 1 year0.3%
Sales CAGR, 3 years0.7%
Profit CAGR, 3 years-16.3%
EPS, TTM$4.14

At the close of 8 October 2026

Price$128.92
Market cap$7.2 billion
Stock P/E31.14
Price to book5.07
EV / EBITDA17.71
Dividend yield1.7%
Market cap / sales1.84
52-week high$130.38
52-week low$81.08
Price, 1 year44.0%
Price CAGR, 3 years8.4%
Price CAGR, 5 years8.9%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest daily close from SimFin. Debt to equity here stands on the borrowing lines of MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc.'s balance sheet, added together, finance leases inside them only where the company puts them there; operating leases are a separate line. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
MSMgreeksoup.ai
Daily closes to 8 October 2026, adjusted for splits; prices from SimFin.
Read moreDay by day for the last three years; before that one point a week, carrying the week's last close and its average daily volume, so a volume bar means the same thing across the whole series; the bars sit under the price on their own scale, on the right. The moving averages need consecutive days and are drawn from the daily part. P/E is the close over the trailing four quarters' EPS as filed at each filing date, on the current share count; the dashed line is the median over the range shown. Sales and margin are quarterly revenue and the operating margin from the tables above. EV/EBITDA, price to book and market cap to sales use the latest filed balance sheet and share count at each date. Before the quarters on file begin, P/E, price to book and market cap to sales stand on each annual report from the day it was filed. Drawn in your browser; the range and overlay you pick are remembered here only.

The public record on MSM

Filings27 in twelve months: 16 current reports (8-K), about 9 officer or director change; 6 regulation fd disclosure; 4 results of operations; 1 shareholder vote; 1 material agreement
Planned insider sales1 Form 144 notice in twelve months, $156,294; latest 2 February 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.85 by open interest at the 8 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 3.3% move to 16 October 2026
13F holders9 of the followed funds hold it; largest Geode Capital Management; 5 Schedule 13D or 13G filings in twelve months
Insider trading1 sale and 6 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest2.5 million shares short, 4.09 days to cover at 15 September 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue1,0359549359799529288929719789669181,047
Cost of revenue616561547579562550526573583573540617
Gross profit420393389400391378365398395393378430
Gross margin41%41%42%41%41%41%41%41%40%41%41%41%
Operating income11810291.210790.972.362.282.784.376.264.8107
Operating margin11%11%10%11%10%8%7%9%9%8%7%10%
Interest expense4.65.37.06.96.66.16.26.05.75.45.65.4
Pre-tax income11691.380.095.376.160.651.775.176.167.556.0104
Tax rate24%24%23%25%29%25%24%24%26%24%25%24%
Net income87.669.361.871.755.746.639.356.856.551.842.580.4
Net margin8%7%7%7%6%5%4%6%6%5%5%8%
Diluted EPS$1.56$1.22$1.10$1.27$0.99$0.83$0.70$1.02$1.01$0.93$0.76$1.44
Operating cash flow13381.278.714410710254.597.180.329.494.4102
Capital expenditure28.418.425.429.626.120.229.821.221.722.021.320.8
Free cash flow10462.753.411481.281.724.776.058.57.473.180.9
Buybacks64.713216.618.520.518.112.58.60.213.00.80.2
Shares outstanding57m56m56m56m56m56m56m56m56m56m56m56m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS and diluted share count are from the company's results press release for that quarter, used where the release gives the same revenue and net income as the table. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 12 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019 †FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue2,7872,9102,8642,8883,2043,3643,1923,2433,6924,0093,8213,7703,909
Cost of revenue1,5011,5941,5751,6011,8111,9321,8491,9102,1342,3662,2482,2332,313
Gross profit1,2861,3171,2891,2861,3931,4321,3431,3341,5581,6431,5731,5361,596
Gross margin46.1%45.2%45.0%44.5%43.5%42.6%42.1%41.1%42.2%41.0%41.2%40.8%40.8%
Operating income383380376379421400351302469484390302332
Operating margin13.7%13.0%13.1%13.1%13.1%11.9%11.0%9.3%12.7%12.1%10.2%8.0%8.5%
Interest expense3.96.35.812.414.516.916.714.517.622.525.824.122.1
Pre-tax income380373372368406383334288451456343264304
Income tax14314214113777.094.382.570.411111386.865.775.8
Effective tax rate37.8%38.0%37.8%37.1%18.9%24.6%24.7%24.4%24.5%24.8%25.3%24.9%24.9%
Net income236231231231329289251217340343259199231
Net margin8.5%7.9%8.1%8.0%10.3%8.6%7.9%6.7%9.2%8.6%6.8%5.3%5.9%
Diluted EPS$3.76$3.74$3.77$4.05$5.80$5.20$4.51$3.87$6.06$6.11$4.58$3.57$4.14
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019 †FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow272250401247340328397224246700411334306
Capital expenditure70.651.487.946.544.951.847.053.761.492.599.492.885.9
Free cash flow202198313200295277350171185607311241220
Free cash flow margin7.2%6.8%10.9%6.9%9.2%8.2%11.0%5.3%5.0%15.1%8.1%6.4%5.6%
Cash from investingn/an/a-87.9-88.9-132-36.4-49.3-75.7-94.5-113-123-63.3-85.0
Cash from financingn/an/a-298-195-178-306-255-234-148-580-307-244-218
Depreciation and amortisation64.969.771.963.063.265.469.168.870.475.180.990.698.9
Share-based compensation16.714.214.013.914.916.316.917.719.318.618.812.616.6
Buybacks19133.438449.282.484.63.471.327.495.818839.314.1
Dividends paid82.6n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Dividend per sharen/a$4.60$1.72$1.80$2.22n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Diluted shares, weighted62m61m61m57m57m56m56m56m56m56m56m56m56m
Shares outstanding at period endn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a56m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019 †FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity1,3991,3331,0981,2251,3871,4791,3151,1511,3501,4791,3921,3881,419
Non-controlling interestn/an/an/an/an/a5.35.611.011.813.49.58.30.0
Short-term borrowingsn/an/a267n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Debt240215340201311439616784793454508485507
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/a34.436.447.645.937.530.926.1
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/a2.22.51.20.20.20.50.2n/a
Other liabilities422554360673590386409479526552515549543
Total liabilities and equity2,0612,1012,0652,0992,2892,3112,3822,4622,7292,5442,4622,4622,496
Owned
Fixed assets294291321316312311302298287320360347344
Goodwill629624624634675677678693710718724724724
Intangible assets13812010511012311710510211411110185.573.8
Cash and equivalents47.238.352.916.146.232.312540.543.550.129.656.274.1
Receivables383403392472524541492560688435412423413
Inventory450507444465518559543624716727644644684
Other assets11911812585.690.773.9138144172184191183182
Total assets2,0612,1012,0652,0992,2892,3112,3822,4622,7292,5442,4622,4622,496
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded2.6%3.4%0.7%4.4%
Profit growth, compounded-1.5%-4.5%-16.3%16.5%
Return on equity, average20.2%20.0%18.7%14.4%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Peers: Wholesale

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TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
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Performance Food Group Co. PFGC$14.8 billion41.367.3%1.3%7.2%1.02n/a
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. AIT$12.2 billion30.3022.3%11.1%8.8%0.140.6%
Arrow Electronics, Inc. ARW$11.5 billion14.4911.6%3.4%26.1%0.29n/a
Watsco Inc. WSO$10.8 billion24.1815.9%9.4%-3.0%0.044.1%
Dominos Pizza Inc. DPZ$10.2 billion17.78n/a19.6%6.2%n/a2.3%
Henry Schein Inc. HSIC$9.5 billion24.6712.8%5.0%6.5%0.73n/a
Avnet Inc. AVT$8.2 billion24.956.7%2.6%24.5%0.641.4%
Core & Main, Inc. CNM$7.8 billion16.6122.6%9.6%-0.5%1.20n/a
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. MSM$7.2 billion31.1416.3%8.5%4.4%0.361.7%
Ashland Inc. ASH$3.2 billion62.012.7%7.4%-1.4%0.732.3%
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TTM
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Sysco Corp. SYY$37.5 billion21.3765.9%3.7%3.9%4.622.8%
TD Synnex Corp. SNX$21.3 billion16.3014.3%2.7%24.1%0.390.7%
US Foods Holding Corp. USFD$21.0 billion29.8817.0%3.1%3.8%1.19n/a
Reliance, Inc. RS$20.3 billion23.0812.1%7.8%15.4%0.221.2%
Genuine Parts Co. GPC$17.7 billion512.680.7%3.7%5.5%0.883.2%
Wesco International Inc. WCC$17.3 billion24.6013.6%5.4%12.5%1.13n/a
Performance Food Group Co. PFGC$14.8 billion41.367.3%1.3%7.2%1.02n/a
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. AIT$12.2 billion30.3022.3%11.1%8.8%0.140.6%
Arrow Electronics, Inc. ARW$11.5 billion14.4911.6%3.4%26.1%0.29n/a
Watsco Inc. WSO$10.8 billion24.1815.9%9.4%-3.0%0.044.1%
Dominos Pizza Inc. DPZ$10.2 billion17.78n/a19.6%6.2%n/a2.3%
Henry Schein Inc. HSIC$9.5 billion24.6712.8%5.0%6.5%0.73n/a
Avnet Inc. AVT$8.2 billion24.956.7%2.6%24.5%0.641.4%
Core & Main, Inc. CNM$7.8 billion16.6122.6%9.6%-0.5%1.20n/a
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. MSM$7.2 billion31.1416.3%8.5%4.4%0.361.7%
Ashland Inc. ASH$3.2 billion62.012.7%7.4%-1.4%0.732.3%
No other company here shares its SEC industry code (Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment); these are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Wholesale, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 May 20261 July 2026EDGAR
10-Q28 February 20261 April 2026EDGAR
10-Q29 November 20257 January 2026EDGAR
10-K30 August 202523 October 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 May 20251 July 2025EDGAR
10-Q1 March 20253 April 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 November 20248 January 2025EDGAR
10-K31 August 202424 October 2024EDGAR
10-Q1 June 20242 July 2024EDGAR
10-Q2 March 202428 March 2024EDGAR

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