Valuation

MSMMSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

StockNYSEUnited StatesIndustrialsEU retail investors: availableDisclosure: the owner of AI-Stock Invest holds this instrument personally. Its rules-based score is computed exactly like every other instrument's. More in the glossary →

+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) valuation against sector peers: P/E 29.9 (sector median 25.4), P/B 4.7, EV/EBIT 22.1, free-cash-flow yield 3.4%, P/S 1.7.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Industrials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricMSMSector medianvs median
P/E29.925.4 · n=26218% above
P/B4.73.8 · n=29522% above
P/S1.72.0 · n=30616% below
EV/EBIT22.119.8 · n=24712% above
Free-cash-flow yield3.4%4.0% · n=28915% below
Dividend yield3.66%0.45% · n=334706% above
Return on equity15.8%14.5% · n=3059% above
Return on invested capital13.2%11.6% · n=28414% above
Gross margin40.9%33.1% · n=25523% above
Net debt / EBITDA0.981.51 · n=25536% below

Value factor: 46 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

GEGE Aerospace38.119.8—2.3%0.5%—/10
CATCaterpillar23.212.818.74.1%1.3%7/10
RTXRTX Corporation31.53.826.03.6%1.4%5/10
GEVGE Vernova21.219.373.17.8%0.2%8/10
DEDeere & Company38.26.7—3.2%0.9%—/10
UNPUnion Pacific Corporation23.28.019.33.8%1.9%10/10
UBERUber41.95.321.57.2%0.0%7/10
ETNEaton Corporation35.86.7—2.7%1.2%3/10
BABoeing18.720.916.60.0%0.0%1/10
LMTLockheed Martin20.913.516.36.2%2.3%8/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 29 Aug 2026 · filed 22 Oct 2026