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

MSM POWR Grades

• MSM scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 91.19% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for MSM is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• MSM's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 41.84% of US stocks).

MSM Stock Summary

• MSM's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 250.86 -- higher than 89.83% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of Msc Industrial Direct Co Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 83.77% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of Msc Industrial Direct Co Inc's share price is greater than that of only 4.54% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Msc Industrial Direct Co Inc are BMI, HNI, UVE, LZB, and UFPI.
• Visit MSM's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's 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 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 43.7%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 30.08%.
• The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 87.26%.

Over the past 70 months, MSM's revenue has gone up $456,043,000.

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
2021-12-31	3,319.867	179.036	244.52
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

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.