MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.

MSM Industrials Industrial Distribution

MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended August 2025) was $3.8 billion, down 1.35% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to May 2026, revenue grew 7.82%, EPS grew 41.2%, free cash flow fell 23.9% and total debt fell 2.74%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

130.38 0.32 −0.24%
Market cap
$7.3B
P/E
31.5×
Fwd P/E
27.6×
Dividend yield
2.67%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
5.26
Beneish M
−2.75
Dividend safety
53/100

MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (MSM) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (MSM) trades at a P/E ratio of 31.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.7× (March 2020) to 32.0× (October 2026); the current reading is higher than 100% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 27.6× and above the Industrials sector median of 24.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 25.1× 43.18%
FY2024 17.5× 5.31%
FY2023 16.6× 27.59%
FY2022 13.0× (39.82%)
FY2021 21.6× 48.48%
FY2020 14.6× 14.41%
FY2019 12.7× (12.93%)
FY2018 14.6× (13.51%)
FY2017 16.9× (12.18%)
FY2016 19.3× 6.76%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
May 2026 27.0× 6.86%
Feb 2026 25.3× 7.43%
Nov 2025 23.5× (6.07%)
Aug 2025 25.1× 10.90%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.7× High 32.0×
Ten-year median 17.8×
Current reading's percentile 100

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MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. 31.5×
Industrial Distribution industry median 27.6×
Industrials sector median 24.7×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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