A share price of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [MSM] is currently trading at $84.67, up 0.58%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MSM shares have gain 4.43% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.39%, 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 October 08, 2025, when Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Previously, JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight on May 27, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $89. On January 16, 2025, Wolfe Research initiated with an Outtperform rating and assigned a price target of $95 on the stock. Stephens downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but stick to its price target of $85 on December 04, 2024. Loop Capital downgraded its rating to a Hold but $80 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 17, 2024. KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Sector Weight for this stock on June 17, 2024. In a note dated May 29, 2024, Robert W. Baird downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $112 to $95.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $68.10 and $94.31. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $89.5 within the next 12 months. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [NYSE: MSM] shares were valued at $84.67 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 5.7% based on the average MSM price forecast.
Analyzing the MSM fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [NYSE:MSM] were 3.81B which represents 4.01% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.41% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.15 and Total Capital is 0.18. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.42.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc [NYSE:MSM] is 1.73. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.82 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.06. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.24, the price to book ratio is 3.42 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.13.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved JACOBSON MITCHELL, Director, that happened on Nov 18 ’25 when 22870.0 shares were purchased. Director, PELLER PHILIP completed a deal on Nov 13 ’25 to buy 6666.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director JACOBSON MITCHELL bought 95779.0 shares on Oct 30 ’25.
