MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.

MSM Industrials Industrial Distribution

MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $4.0 billion, up 6.37% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+10.3%
EPS
−14.9%
Free cash flow
+8.93%
Total debt
−1.80%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

113.11 2.16 +1.95%
Market cap
$6.2B
P/E
28.3×
Fwd P/E
29.0×
Dividend yield
3.08%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
6.22
Beneish M
−2.61
Dividend safety
50/100

MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (MSM) EV/Sales

Alert me on EV/Sales

As of 6 November 2026, MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (MSM) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.0× (March 2020) to 2.2× (February 2017); the current reading is higher than 77% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 1.3× and below the Industrials sector median of 1.8×.

EV/Sales, daily

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2026 1.8× 22.56%
FY2025 1.4× 9.41%
FY2024 1.3× (14.00%)
FY2023 1.5× 8.87%
FY2022 1.4× (17.07%)
FY2021 1.7× 29.88%
FY2020 1.3× 6.86%
FY2019 1.2× (24.71%)
FY2018 1.6× 11.70%
FY2017 1.4× (13.13%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Aug 2026 1.8× 2.86%
May 2026 1.7× 14.59%
Feb 2026 1.5× 7.14%
Nov 2025 1.4× (2.94%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.0× High 2.2×
Ten-year median 1.5×
Current reading's percentile 77

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
REZI Resideo Technologies, Inc. compare 0.7×
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. compare 1.1×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 1.2×
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 1.4×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 1.5×
POOL Pool Corporation compare 1.6×
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. 1.7×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 2.1×
XMTR Xometry, Inc. compare 7.3×
Industrial Distribution industry median 1.3×
Industrials sector median 1.8×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

The full definition of EV/Sales →

More on MSM