At the time of writing, MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [MSM] stock is trading at $75.72, up 0.72%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MSM shares have gain 0.75% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.59%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [NYSE: MSM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 16, 2025, when Wolfe Research initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $95. Previously, Stephens downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight on December 04, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $85. On June 17, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $80 on the stock. KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Sector Weight. Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $95 on May 29, 2024. Loop Capital upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on October 09, 2023, and upped its price target to $124.
For the past year, the stock price of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc fluctuated between $68.10 and $94.31. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $105.71 within the next 12 months. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [NYSE: MSM] shares were valued at $75.72 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 39.61% based on the average MSM price forecast.
Analyzing the MSM fundamentals
According to MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [NYSE:MSM], the company’s sales were 3.75B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -4.66% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.41% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.15 and Total Capital is 0.18. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.43.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 73.81 points at the first support level, and at 71.90 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 76.91, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 78.10.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [NYSE:MSM] has a current ratio of 1.92. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.88, while the Cash Ratio is 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.12, the price to book ratio is 3.11 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.93.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved JACOBSON MITCHELL, Director, that happened on Apr 07 ’25 when 0.13 million shares were purchased. Director, JACOBSON MITCHELL completed a deal on Apr 08 ’25 to buy 27642.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director PELLER PHILIP sold 900.0 shares on Nov 13 ’24.
