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MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.

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.

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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

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 2.54

Total sells 0.16

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Insider Ownership 18.30%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 7,300.00

Revenue 3,908.72

Net Income 228.11

Free Cash Flow 220.99

Net Debt 432.68

Current Ratio 1.55

Debt/Equity 0.36

P/E ratio 31.49

Fwd P/E 27.60

P/S ratio 1.86

P/B ratio 5.13

Past 5Y EPS Growth (4.57%)

This Y EPS Growth 23.51%

Next Y EPS Growth 19.82%

Next Y revenue growth 5.90%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 19.89%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 99.89%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 97.20%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 99.34%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 97.35%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 95.10%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.84

Annual Dividend Rate 3.48

Annual Dividend Yield 2.67%

	total	individual payouts
2028	Powerpack
2027	Powerpack
2026	3.50	0.87 0.87 0.87
2025	3.42	0.85 0.85 0.85 0.87
2024	3.34	0.83 0.83 0.83 0.85
2023	3.20	0.79 0.79 0.79 0.83
2022	3.04	0.75 0.75 0.75 0.79
2021	3.00	0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75
2020	2.25	5.00 0.75 0.75 0.75 3.50
2019	2.76	0.63 0.63 0.75 0.75
2018	2.37	0.58 0.58 0.58 0.63
2017	1.83	0.45 0.45 0.45 0.48
2016	2.19	0.43 0.43 0.43 0.45 0.45

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	50	30	56	74
Receivables	435	412	423	413
Inventory	727	644	644	684
Other	—	—	—	—
	1,318	1,188	1,227	1,277

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	226	206	225	229
ST’ Debt	230	230	317	417
Other	—	—	—	—
	649	605	729	825

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	2.62%	3.38%	0.70%
Cash Flow	2.94%	(3.40%)	10.67%
Earnings	(1.48%)	(4.51%)	(16.29%)
Book Value	0.47%	1.12%	0.83%

Revenue $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	966	918	1,047	—	—
’25	928	892	971	978	3,770
’24	954	935	979	952	3,821
’23	958	962	1,054	1,035	4,009
’22	849	863	959	1,022	3,692
’21	772	774	866	831	3,243
’20	824	786	835	748	3,192

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	29	94	102	—	—
’25	102	54	97	80	334
’24	81	79	144	107	411
’23	76	340	151	133	700
’22	58	0	78	111	246
’21	103	16	20	85	224
’20	85	71	59	182	397

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	8	73	81	—	—
’25	82	25	106	59	271
’24	63	53	114	81	311
’23	51	325	127	104	607
’22	43	(16)	64	119	210
’21	95	4	3	69	171
’20	72	58	49	171	350

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	0.93	0.76	1.44	—	—
’25	0.83	0.70	1.02	1.01	3.57
’24	1.22	1.10	1.27	0.99	4.58
’23	1.45	1.41	1.69	1.56	6.11
’22	1.18	1.25	1.78	1.86	6.06
’21	0.69	0.32	1.68	1.18	3.87
’20	1.18	1.00	1.40	0.94	4.51

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	54.19	65.42	73.28	64.59	44.93	77.47	71.33	76.75	72.79	68.10	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	95.10	105.70	99.94	86.87	87.84	96.23	87.99	105.77	104.76	94.31
People
People	Employees	—	6,563	6,657	6,700	6,315	6,571	6,994	7,377	7,423	7,284
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.00	0.44	0.48	0.50	0.51	0.49	0.53	0.54	0.51	0.52
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	2,864	2,888	3,204	3,364	3,192	3,243	3,692	4,009	3,821	3,770
	Gross margin, %	45.01	44.54	43.48	42.57	42.08	41.12	42.21	40.98	41.16	40.75
	EBT	372	368	406	383	334	288	451	456	343	264
	EBT margin, %	12.98	12.74	12.68	11.39	10.47	8.89	12.22	11.38	8.97	6.99
	Net income	231	231	329	289	252	218	340	343	256	198
	Depreciation	72	63	63	65	69	69	71	76	83	92
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	47.01	51.03	56.85	60.89	57.55	58.19	66.19	71.70	67.92	67.58
	Earnings	3.78	4.08	5.84	5.23	4.53	3.89	6.09	6.14	4.60	3.57
	Cash flow	6.59	4.36	6.03	5.94	7.15	4.03	4.41	12.51	7.30	5.98
	Capex	(1.44)	(0.82)	(0.80)	(0.94)	(0.85)	(0.96)	(0.66)	(1.65)	(1.77)	(1.12)
	Free cash flow	5.14	3.54	5.23	5.01	6.30	3.06	3.76	10.86	5.53	4.86
	Book value	18.03	21.65	24.62	26.86	23.81	20.85	24.42	26.69	24.91	25.04
	Shares, m	61	57	56	55	55	56	56	56	56	56
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	19.27	16.92	14.64	12.74	14.58	21.65	13.03	16.62	17.50	25.06
	P/S	1.55	1.35	1.50	1.09	1.15	1.45	1.20	1.42	1.19	1.32
	P/B	4.05	3.18	3.47	2.48	2.77	4.04	3.24	3.82	3.23	3.56
	EV/Sales	1.67	1.45	1.62	1.22	1.30	1.69	1.40	1.52	1.31	1.43
	EV/FCF	15.23	20.85	17.56	14.79	11.86	32.07	24.67	10.07	16.09	19.93
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	401	247	340	328	397	224	246	700	411	334
	Capex	(88)	(47)	(45)	(52)	(47)	(54)	(37)	(92)	(99)	(63)
	Free cash flow	313	200	295	277	350	171	210	607	311	271
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	503	448	657	753	829	752	818	668	583	497
	Total debt	607	533	535	442	619	822	795	454	509	486
	Net debt	554	517	489	410	494	782	751	404	479	429
	Shareholders’ equity	1,098	1,225	1,387	1,484	1,321	1,162	1,362	1,493	1,401	1,397
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	11.10	11.12	15.01	12.56	10.70	8.95	13.09	13.02	10.33	8.10
	ROIC	14.22	13.60	14.01	13.20	12.08	9.70	13.86	15.94	12.98	10.32
	ROE	19.02	19.92	25.20	20.12	17.91	17.48	26.92	24.05	17.87	14.25

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Aug 2025 · latest quarter May 2026

Charts ten years each

Company	Market cap	P/E	Fwd P/E	Revenue growth (Q)	EPS growth (Q)	FCF growth (Q)	Gross margin (Q)	EBIT margin (Q)	Compare
WSO.B Watsco, Inc.	$16.0B	24.9×	—	+2.06% (above 0%: growing)	−11.50% (below 0%: shrinking)	+17.57% (above 0%: growing)	27.50%	11.32%	Compare
WSO Watsco, Inc.	$12.4B	25.6×	28.8×	+2.06% (above 0%: growing)	−11.50% (below 0%: shrinking)	+17.57% (above 0%: growing)	27.50%	11.32%	Compare
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.	$12.3B	29.8×	26.7×	+10.45% (above 0%: growing)	+13.03% (above 0%: growing)	+15.02% (above 0%: growing)	30.40%	11.78%	Compare
QXO QXO, Inc.	$11.6B	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	+70.30% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	−27.62% (below 0%: shrinking)	24.74%	(1.29%)	Compare
CNM Core & Main, Inc.	$8.0B	17.3×	19.2×	+2.48% (above 0%: growing)	+8.45% (above 0%: growing)	+83.33% (above 0%: growing)	26.71%	10.58%	Compare
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.	$7.3B	31.5×	27.6×	+7.82% (above 0%: growing)	+41.18% (above 0%: growing)	−23.88% (below 0%: shrinking)	41.11%	10.19%
POOL Pool Corporation	$6.2B	15.8×	16.7×	+2.15% (above 0%: growing)	−0.19% (below 0%: shrinking)	−27.07% (below 0%: shrinking)	29.66%	14.68%	Compare
XMTR Xometry, Inc.	$5.7B	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	+41.05% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	−41.54% (below 0%: shrinking)	38.01%	(2.42%)	Compare
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.	$4.1B	25.8×	26.2×	+4.73% (above 0%: growing)	+9.72% (above 0%: growing)	+8.91% (above 0%: growing)	36.88%	12.91%	Compare
Median of peers	$9.8B	25.3×	26.2×	+3.61%	+4.13%	+11.97%	28.58%	11.32%

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MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (MSM) key facts

Concern: MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended August 2025) was $3.8 billion, down 1.35% from fiscal 2024.
Concern: Net income was $197.8 million, or $3.57 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.29%.
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (MSM) is an Industrial Distribution company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
As of October 16, 2026, MSM traded at $130.38, a market capitalization of $7.3 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 31.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.9× sales; its P/E is higher than 100% of its own readings over the past ten years.
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share, a yield of 2.67%, with a payout ratio of 84.1%.
Return on equity was 14.3% and debt-to-equity 0.36.
Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.26 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.