Msc Industrial Direct Stock Today
| MSM Stock | USD 77.65 1.76 2.32% |
PerformanceVery Weak
| Odds Of DistressLow
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MSC Industrial is selling at 77.65 as of the 4th of May 2025; that is 2.32 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 76.18. MSC Industrial has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years, but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 3rd of February 2025 and ending today, the 4th of May 2025. Click here to learn more.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations products and services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Melville, New York. The company has 55.72 M outstanding shares of which 3.23 M shares are now shorted by investors with about 4.11 days to cover. More on MSC Industrial Direct
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MSC Stock Highlights
| CEO | Erik Gershwind |
| Thematic Idea | Wholesale (View all Themes) |
| Old Names | [MSM Corporation International Limited, Massmart Holdings Ltd] |
| Business Concentration | Wholesale, Industrial Distribution, Industrials, NYSE Composite, Industrials, Trading Companies & Distributors, Industrial Distribution, Industrials (View all Sectors) |
MSC Industrial Direct (MSM) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 515 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY, United States, 11747 and employs 7,191 people. MSC Industrial is listed under Wholesale category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 4.33 B. MSC Industrial Direct runs under Trading Companies & Distributors sector within Industrials industry. The entity has 55.72 M outstanding shares of which 3.23 M shares are now shorted by investors with about 4.11 days to cover.
MSC Industrial Direct has about 50.05 M in cash with 410.7 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 0.78.
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Ownership AllocationMSC Industrial Direct secures a total of 55.72 Million outstanding shares. The majority of MSC Industrial Direct outstanding shares are owned by institutions. These other corporate entities are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to shop for positions in MSC Industrial Direct to benefit from reduced commissions. Therefore, outside corporations are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in MSC Industrial Direct. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of MSC Industrial as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Also note that almost four million four hundred eighty thousand twenty-five invesors are currently shorting MSC Industrial expressing very little confidence in its future performance.
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MSC Industrial Direct Risk Profiles
Investors will always prefer to have the highest possible return on investment while minimizing volatility. MSC Industrial market risk premium is the additional return an investor will receive from holding MSC Industrial long position in a well-diversified portfolio.
| Risk Adjusted Performance | 0.0082 | |||
| Jensen Alpha | 0.0145 | |||
| Total Risk Alpha | 0.146 | |||
| Sortino Ratio | 0.0532 |
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MSC Industrial Corporate Directors
| Steven Paladino | Non-Executive Independent Director | Profile | |
| Michael Kaufmann | Non-Executive Independent Director | Profile | |
| Denis Kelly | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Jonathan Byrnes | Director, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | Profile |
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Is Wholesale space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of MSC Industrial. If investors know MSC will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about MSC Industrial listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
The market value of MSC Industrial Direct is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of MSC that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of MSC Industrial's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is MSC Industrial's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because MSC Industrial's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect MSC Industrial's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between MSC Industrial's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if MSC Industrial is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, MSC Industrial's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.