MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (MSM): Price and Financial Metrics

MSM POWR Grades

• MSM scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 92.52% of US stocks.
• MSM's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 52 weeks.
• MSM's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 30.54% of US stocks).

MSM Stock Summary

• Msc Industrial Direct Co Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 83.12% of US listed stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of Msc Industrial Direct Co Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 80.95% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, MSM is more volatile than just 9.87% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Msc Industrial Direct Co Inc are CACI, OLLI, HNI, JBT, and LZB.
• MSM's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Msc Industrial Direct Co Inc's official web site, go to www.mscdirect.com.

MSM Valuation Summary

• MSM's price/sales ratio is 1.5; this is 16.67% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, MSM's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 6.1.
• Over the past 243 months, MSM's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MSM.

MSM Growth Metrics

• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 30.08%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -5.73%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 41.95%.

MSM's revenue has moved down $23,690,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows MSM's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	3,243.224	224.462	216.907
2021-06-30	3,159.925	321.158	203.469
2021-03-31	3,128.603	359.858	186.738
2020-12-31	3,140.702	414.857	224.153
2020-09-30	3,192.399	396.739	251.117
2020-06-30	3,287.337	356.167	265.229

MSM's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• MSM has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 92.24% of graded US stocks.
• MSM's asset turnover comes in at 1.369 -- ranking 60th of 105 Wholesale stocks.
• CHEF, DLA, and INT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with MSM.

The table below shows MSM's key quality metrics over time.