MSC Industrial Direct (MSM)

• Market cap: $4.51B
• 1 day: -1.18%
• 5 days: -0.75%
• 1 month: 2.51%
• 3 months: 8.81%
• 6 months: -2.76%
• Year to date: 7.65%
• 1 year: -4.31%
• 5 years: 13.92%
• 10 years: 15.35%
• 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 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

28% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 150 | Existing positions reduced: 117

8% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 54 | Existing positions closed: 50

0.84% more ownership

Funds ownership: 82.08% [Q4 2024] → 82.92% (+0.84%) [Q1 2025]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 380 [Q4 2024] → 378 (-2) [Q1 2025]

7% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.86B [Q4 2024] → $3.6B (-$261M) [Q1 2025]

85% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $13.1M | Put options by funds: $88.9M

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $74 9% downside
• Avg. target: $82 2% upside
• High target: $89 10% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 33%
• neutral: 2 67%
• negative: 0 0%

JP Morgan Patrick Baumann	10% upside $89	Overweight Upgraded	27 May 2025
Loop Capital Chris Dankert	9% downside $74	Hold Maintained	4 Apr 2025
Baird David Manthey	4% upside $84	Neutral Maintained	4 Apr 2025