MSC Industrial Direct (MSM)

• Market cap: $5.11B
• 1 day: 0.57%
• 5 days: -0.53%
• 1 month: 5.77%
• 3 months: 11.93%
• 6 months: 18.54%
• Year to date: 22.09%
• 1 year: 13.32%
• 5 years: 43.01%
• 10 years: 37.14%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Industrial Distribution

About: Founded in 1941, MSC Industrial Direct originally manufactured and sold cutting tools to metalworking shops in New York. Through a series of acquisitions and organic expansions, MSC has grown into an industrial distribution powerhouse with a focus on specialized metalworking products and services. The firm also distributes a wide breadth of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies. MSC primarily operates within North America where it derives over 95% of its revenue.

Employees: 7,423

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

14% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 56 | Existing positions closed: 49

12% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.62B [Q1] → $4.06B (+$434M) [Q2]

2.16% more ownership

Funds ownership: 83.49% [Q1] → 85.65% (+2.16%) [Q2]

5% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 136 | Existing positions reduced: 130

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 381 [Q1] → 382 (+1) [Q2]

50% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $22.4M | Put options by funds: $45.1M

100% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q1] → 0 (-2) [Q2]

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $84
• Avg. target: $90
• High target: $95

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 3 100%
• negative: 0 0%

Loop Capital Chris Dankert	$84	Hold Maintained	2 Jul 2025
Baird David Manthey	$95	Neutral Maintained	2 Jul 2025
Stephens & Co. Tommy Moll	$90	Equal-Weight Maintained	2 Jul 2025