Valuation

MSMMSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

StockNYSEUnited StatesIndustrialsEU retail investors: available

+0.8% today · +41.2% 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 25.3), 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/E29.925.3 · n=26218% above
P/B4.73.8 · n=29524% above
P/S1.72.0 · n=30616% below
EV/EBIT22.119.8 · n=24712% above
Free-cash-flow yield3.4%4.0% · n=28816% below
Dividend yield3.66%0.46% · n=334696% 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 / EBITDA0.981.48 · n=25434% 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 Aerospace38.419.9—2.3%0.5%—/10
RTXRTX Corporation32.23.926.53.5%1.4%5/10
CATCaterpillar22.612.518.24.2%1.3%7/10
GEVGE Vernova20.318.570.18.1%0.2%8/10
DEDeere & Company38.06.6—3.2%0.9%—/10
UNPUnion Pacific Corporation23.58.119.53.7%1.8%10/10
UBERUber41.35.221.17.3%0.0%7/10
LMTLockheed Martin21.413.816.66.0%2.3%8/10
ETNEaton Corporation35.36.6—2.8%1.2%4/10
BABoeing18.821.016.70.0%0.0%1/10

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