MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (NYSE: MSM) on Friday, soared 5.50% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $83.51. Within the past 52 weeks, MSM’s price has moved between $68.10 and $94.31.
Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales slid by -4.60% over the last five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 13.90%. With a float of $45.45 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $55.79 million.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Industrial Distribution industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc is 18.54%, while institutional ownership is 86.08%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 18 ’25, was worth 1,943,037. In this transaction Director of this company bought 22,870 shares at a rate of $84.96, taking the stock ownership to the 2,328,192 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 13 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 6,666 for $90.14, making the entire transaction worth $600,873. This insider now owns 9,537 shares in total.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 11/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 0.73) by 0.13. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.89 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 13.90% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.12% during the next five years compared to -4.60% drop over the previous five years of trading.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (NYSE: MSM) Trading Performance Indicators
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.80 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.30. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.40.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.57, a number that is poised to hit 0.95 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.81 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSM)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc, MSM], we can find that recorded value of 0.79 million was better than the volume posted last year of 0.6 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 27.02%.
During the past 100 days, MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc’s (MSM) raw stochastic average was set at 45.14%, which indicates a significant decrease from 65.05% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.37 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 1.92 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $88.19, while its 200-day Moving Average is $83.91. Now, the first resistance to watch is $89.77. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $91.45. The third major resistance level sits at $94.54. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $85.00, it is likely to go to the next support level at $81.91. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $80.23.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (NYSE: MSM) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 4.92 billion based on 55,790K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 3,770 M and income totals 199,330 K. The company made 978,170 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 56,550 K in sales during its previous quarter.
