MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM)
Industrials · NYQ
Price as at 12 Aug 2026, 14:25 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. trades at USD119.14, which is 34% below the USD159.78 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a valuation model is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 52 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 29.9 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
MSM dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | USD2.61 | 3 |
| 2025 | USD3.42 | 4 |
| 2024 | USD3.34 | 4 |
| 2023 | USD3.20 | 4 |
| 2022 | USD3.04 | 4 |
| 2021 | USD3.00 | 4 |
| 2020 | USD11.50 | 5 |
| 2019 | USD2.76 | 4 |
| 2018 | USD2.37 | 4 |
| 2017 | USD1.83 | 4 |
| 2016 | USD1.74 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
MSM earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 9 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company's metalworking and MRO products include cutting tools, abrasives, machining fluids, measuring instruments, metalworking products, machinery and accessories, tooling components, fasteners, flat stock products, raw materials, machinery hand and power tools, safety and janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, materials handling products, power transmission components, and electrical supplies. It also offers stock-keeping units through its catalogs and brochures; e-commerce channels, including its website; inventory management solutions; and customer care centers, customer fulfillment centers, regional inventory centers and warehouses. In addition, the company serves individual machine shops, manufacturing companies, and government agencies. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
MSM passes 5 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
9 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$73.69M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$53.59M · 0.0% of book
- Richard Pzena, PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC$44.45M · 0.1% of book
- Joel Greenblatt, Gotham Asset Management, LLC$33.07M · 0.1% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$29.56M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Common questions
Is MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of USD159.78, MSM at USD119.14 is 34% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own MSM?
9 of the institutions we track reported a position in MSM in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is MSM's P/E ratio?
MSM trades at 29.9 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM) pay a dividend?
Yes. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. yields 2.83% at the current share price. It has paid USD3.48 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 23 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its MSM data?
Fundamentals for MSM come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 12 Aug 2026, 14:25 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.