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

110.79 5.27 −4.54%
Market cap
$6.2B
P/E
27.8×
Fwd P/E
29.0×
Dividend yield
3.14%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
6.22
Beneish M
−2.61
Dividend safety
50/100

MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (MSM) Free cash flow margin

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MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 5.64%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.26% (fiscal 2021) to 15.1% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 4.24% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 5.64% (1.55)
FY2025 7.19% (0.96)
FY2024 8.15% (6.99)
FY2023 15.1% 9.46
FY2022 5.68% 0.42
FY2021 5.26% (5.70)
FY2020 11.0% 2.74
FY2019 8.22% (0.98)
FY2018 9.20% 2.26
FY2017 6.94% (4.00)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.26% High 15.1%
Ten-year median 7.67%
Current reading's percentile 17

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 8.96%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 8.36%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 8.16%
POOL Pool Corporation compare 8.11%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. 5.64%
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. compare 5.24%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 1.43%
XMTR Xometry, Inc. compare −2.20%
REZI Resideo Technologies, Inc. compare −18.3%
Industrial Distribution industry median 4.24%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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