A new trading day began on Friday, with MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (NYSE: MSM) stock price down -3.47% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $80.48. MSM’s price has ranged from $72.79 to $99.89 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Industrials sector was 2.85%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -25.72%. With a float of $43.43 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $55.89 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 7423 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 41.05%, operating margin of 9.81%, and the pretax margin is 8.22%.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Industrial Distribution Industry. The insider ownership of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc is 22.26%, while institutional ownership is 83.87%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 13 ’24, was worth 80,164. In this transaction Director of this company sold 900 shares at a rate of $89.07, taking the stock ownership to the 4,044 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 13 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 900 for $89.07, making the entire transaction worth $80,164.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.03 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -25.72% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -0.53% during the next five years compared to -2.51% drop over the previous five years of trading.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (NYSE: MSM) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.91. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.14. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 13.14.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.19, a number that is poised to hit 0.68 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.06 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.63 million, its volume of 0.56 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 68.35%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.12.
During the past 100 days, MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc’s (MSM) raw stochastic average was set at 27.19%, which indicates a significant decrease from 50.60% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 33.70% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 29.71% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $80.11, while its 200-day Moving Average is $81.38. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $79.61 in the near term. At $81.53, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $82.61. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $76.61, it is likely to go to the next support level at $75.53. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $73.61.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (NYSE: MSM) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 4.34 billion, the company has a total of 55,859K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 3,821 M while annual income is 258,590 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 928,480 K while its latest quarter income was 46,620 K.
