Dividends

MSMMSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

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+5.3% today · +40.6% over a year

9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 81% of the instruments we score

Trend, Stability: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 3.66%.

MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (MSM) dividends: trailing yield 3.66%, next ex-dividend date 10 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 44/100, not lowered for 6 years, 5-year growth 3.1% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
3.66%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.99%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$4.37
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
44 / 100
Borderline

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
3.66% → 3.02%
Forward
2.99% → 2.46%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 3.02%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
10 Nov 2026
Payment date
25 Nov 2026
Amount per share
$0.89
Status
Single source

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+3.1%
Years without a lower dividend
6
Years without a cut of over 10 %
6
Payout ratio (earnings)
110%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
86%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.45, 2017 $1.83, 2018 $2.37, 2019 $2.76, 2020 $11.50, 2021 $3.00, 2022 $3.04, 2023 $3.20, 2024 $3.34, 2025 $3.422016: $0.452017: $1.832018: $2.372019: $2.762020: $11.502021: $3.002022: $3.042023: $3.202024: $3.342025: $3.42

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
10 Nov 202625 Nov 2026$0.89RegularSingle source1
08 Jul 202623 Jul 2026$0.87RegularVerified2
08 Apr 202623 Apr 2026$0.87RegularVerified2
14 Jan 202629 Jan 2026$0.87RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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