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 87.91% of US stocks.
• MSM's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• MSM's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 41.64% 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 81.4% 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; 84.62% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, MSM is more volatile than just 4.63% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to MSM, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are AIT, LZB, KRT, LINC, and SCVL.
• 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

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, MSM's price/sales ratio is 33.33% lower, now standing at 1.2.
• MSM's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.2 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MSM.

MSM Growth Metrics

Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 26.02%.
• Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 5.23%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 8.94%.

Over the past 70 months, MSM's revenue has gone up $938,471,000.

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
2022-12-31	3,801.091	264.403	355.033
2022-09-30	3,691.893	246.183	339.786
2022-06-30	3,500.679	220.404	301.589
2022-03-31	3,408.394	162.949	296.366
2021-12-31	3,319.867	179.036	244.52
2021-09-30	3,243.224	224.462	216.907

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.