As on Wednesday, MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (NYSE: MSM) got off with the flyer as it spiked 0.72% to $82.09, before settling in for the price of $81.50 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, MSM posted a 52-week range of $68.10-$90.81.
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It was noted that the giant of the Industrials sector posted annual sales growth of 2.58% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -2.51%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -26.27%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $55.77 million, simultaneously with a float of $45.44 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $4.57 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $78.84, while the 200-day Moving Average is $80.56.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Industrial Distribution industry. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 18.46%, in contrast to 86.24% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Apr 07 ’25, this organization’s Director bought 131,551 shares at the rate of 69.73, making the entire transaction reach 9,172,671 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 1,924,083. Preceding that transaction, on Apr 08 ’25, Company’s Director bought 27,642 for 69.77, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 1,928,582. This particular insider is now the holder of 1,951,725 in total.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM) Earnings and Revenue Records
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -26.27% and is forecasted to reach 3.93 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will decrease by -1.80% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -2.51% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (NYSE: MSM) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.88. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.74. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $21.61, and its Beta score is 0.85. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.22. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 15.17.
In the same vein, MSM’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 3.80, a figure that is expected to reach 1.03 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.93 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc, MSM], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.33 million was lower the volume of 0.58 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 56.43% While, its Average True Range was 1.64.
Raw Stochastic average of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 86.63%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 70.48% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 16.98% that was lower than 30.06% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
