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MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC MSM

Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment · CIK 0001003078 · Fiscal year ends 0829

Revenue
$4.01B
Fiscal year ended 2026-08-29
Operating income
$320.57M
Fiscal year ended 2026-08-29
Free cash flow
$225.16M
Fiscal year ended 2026-08-29

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$3.66BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-02-28
Float per share$65.69Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income18.4×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue1.0×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity2.6×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-02-28, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-08-30 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

18.4× earnings today, against a median of 13.6× across 10 years on record. Above its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-02-28$3.66B18.4×
2024-03-01$4.48B17.3×
2023-03-03$3.94B11.5×
2022-02-25$3.58B10.5×
2021-02-26$3.94B18.2×
2020-02-29$2.76B11.0×
2019-03-02$3.73B12.9×
2018-03-03$3.96B12.0×
2017-03-04$4.57B19.8×
2016-02-27$3.30B14.3×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC (MSM) reported revenue of $4.01B and net income of $222.59M for the fiscal year ended 2026-08-29. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment.

Income

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-08-292025-08-302024-08-312023-09-022022-09-032021-08-282020-08-292019-08-312018-09-012017-09-02
Revenue$4.01B$3.77B$3.82B$4.01B$3.69B$3.24B$3.19B$3.36B$3.20B$2.89B
Cost of revenue$2.37B$2.23B$2.25B$2.37B$2.13B$1.91B$1.85B$1.93B$1.81B$1.60B
Gross profit$1.64B$1.54B$1.57B$1.64B$1.56B$1.33B$1.34B$1.43B$1.39B$1.29B
Operating income$320.57M$301.56M$390.39M$483.73M$468.71M$301.77M$350.74M$400.00M$420.55M$379.00M
Net income$222.59M$199.33M$258.59M$343.23M$339.79M$216.91M$251.12M$288.86M$329.22M$231.43M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 55.99Mshares 55.89Mshares 56.44Mshares 56.21Mshares 56.04Mshares 56.09Mshares 55.64Mshares 55.51Mshares 56.71Mshares 56.97M
Pretax income$292.04M$263.58M$342.75M$456.16M$451.13M$288.38M$334.25M$383.13M$406.19M$367.99M
Income tax expense$72.14M$65.74M$86.79M$113.05M$110.65M$70.44M$82.49M$94.33M$76.97M$136.56M
Diluted EPS$3.98$3.57$4.58$6.11$6.06$3.87$4.51$5.20$5.80$4.05
Selling, general & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-08-292025-08-302024-08-312023-09-022022-09-032021-08-282020-08-292019-08-312018-09-012017-09-02
Cash & equivalents$65.03M$56.23M$29.59M$50.05M$43.54M$40.54M$125.21M$32.29M$46.22M$16.08M
Total assets$2.51B$2.46B$2.46B$2.54B$2.73B$2.46B$2.38B$2.31B$2.29B$2.10B
Current assets$1.32B$1.23B$1.19B$1.32B$1.54B$1.31B$1.24B$1.20B$1.15B$1.01B
Total liabilities$1.08B$1.07B$1.06B$1.05B$1.37B$1.30B$1.06B$827.36M$901.47M$873.77M
Current liabilities$740.29M$729.35M$605.43M$649.44M$725.94M$561.93M$408.73M$446.92M$490.52M$557.72M
Total equity incl. NCI$1.43B$1.40B$1.40B$1.49B$1.36B$1.16B$1.32B$1.48B$1.39B$1.23B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$688.74M$644.09M$643.90M$726.52M$715.62M$624.17M$543.11M$559.14M$518.50M$464.96M
Accounts receivable$451.55M$423.31M$412.12M$435.42M$687.61M$560.37M$491.74M$541.09M$523.89M$471.80M
Goodwill$723.98M$723.70M$723.89M$718.17M$710.13M$692.70M$677.58M$677.27M$675.00M$633.73M
Long-term debt$159.44M$168.58M$278.40M$224.16M$468.73M$582.43M$494.56M$264.22M$311.24M$200.99M
Accounts payable$237.98M$225.15M$205.93M$226.30M$217.38M$186.33M$125.78M$160.11M$145.13M$121.27M

Cash flow

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-08-292025-08-302024-08-312023-09-022022-09-032021-08-282020-08-292019-08-312018-09-012017-09-02
Operating cash flow$306.50M$333.72M$410.70M$699.58M$246.18M$224.46M$396.74M$328.43M$339.66M$246.84M
Capital expenditures$81.34M$92.84M$99.41M$92.49M$61.37M$53.75M$46.99M$51.77M$44.92M$46.55M
Investing cash flow-$80.53M-$63.29M-$123.40M-$112.68M-$94.49M-$75.75M-$49.28M-$36.37M-$131.92M-$88.89M
Financing cash flow-$217.08M-$243.57M-$307.35M-$580.40M-$148.14M-$233.75M-$254.62M-$305.63M-$177.59M-$194.75M
Net change in cash$8.80M$26.64M-$20.46M$6.52M$3.00M-$84.68M$92.92M-$13.93M$30.13M-$36.81M
Stock-based compensation$19.02M$12.55M$18.85M$18.64M$19.26M$17.72M$16.93M$16.28M$14.93M$13.92M
Common dividends paid$194.34M$189.65M$187.28M$176.72M$167.38M$167.30M$166.54M$145.71M$125.43M$102.22M
Common share repurchases$13.97M$39.32M$187.70M$95.78M$27.36M$71.26M$3.44M$84.61M$82.37M$49.18M
Depreciation & amortization$101.40M$90.63M$80.89M$75.13M$70.38M$68.85M$69.08M$65.38M$63.15M$62.98M

Derived

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-08-292025-08-302024-08-312023-09-022022-09-032021-08-282020-08-292019-08-312018-09-012017-09-02
Free cash flow$225.16M$240.88M$311.29M$607.09M$184.81M$170.72M$349.75M$276.65M$294.74M$200.29M
Gross margin40.9%40.8%41.2%41.0%42.2%41.1%42.1%42.6%43.5%44.5%
Operating margin8.0%8.0%10.2%12.1%12.7%9.3%11.0%11.9%13.1%13.1%
FCF margin5.6%6.4%8.1%15.1%5.0%5.3%11.0%8.2%9.2%6.9%
SBC / revenue0.5%0.3%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%
Current ratio1.78x1.68x1.96x2.03x2.13x2.34x3.03x2.68x2.34x1.80x
Revenue YoY growth6.4%-1.3%-4.7%8.6%13.8%1.6%-5.1%5.0%10.9%Unavailable
Net margin5.6%5.3%6.8%8.6%9.2%6.7%7.9%8.6%10.3%8.0%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue2.0%2.5%2.6%2.3%1.7%1.7%1.5%1.5%1.4%1.6%
Long-term debt / equity0.11x0.12xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate24.7%24.9%25.3%24.8%24.5%24.4%24.7%24.6%18.9%37.1%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open MSM in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-K · Filed 2026-10-22View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-01View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-01View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-01-07View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-10-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-01View SEC filing

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