Compare Stocks: DNOW, CNM, MSM, and RUSHB

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CNM Core & Main	$42.71 +2.6%	$43.86	$40.03 ▼ $59.66	$8.12B	0.91	2.87 million shs	1.94 million shs
DNOW DNOW	$15.94 +0.2%	$15.47	$10.94 ▼ $17.26	$2.88B	0.87	2.17 million shs	1.39 million shs
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	$121.18 +0.4%	$121.80	$78.80 ▼ $130.46	$6.77B	0.83	675,970 shs	578,359 shs
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	$55.19 +0.3%	$46.69	$31.80 ▼ $57.38	$6.44B	0.67	223,107 shs	97,912 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CNM Core & Main	0.00%	+0.19%	-2.47%	-12.81%	-14.35%
DNOW DNOW	0.00%	+2.10%	-2.22%	+17.76%	+2.84%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	0.00%	-0.81%	-0.67%	+2.46%	+36.22%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	0.00%	-0.42%	+7.23%	+63.59%	+112.56%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CNM Core & Main	$42.71 +2.6%	$43.86	$40.03 ▼ $59.66	$8.12B	0.91	2.87 million shs	1.94 million shs
DNOW DNOW	$15.94 +0.2%	$15.47	$10.94 ▼ $17.26	$2.88B	0.87	2.17 million shs	1.39 million shs
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	$121.18 +0.4%	$121.80	$78.80 ▼ $130.46	$6.77B	0.83	675,970 shs	578,359 shs
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	$55.19 +0.3%	$46.69	$31.80 ▼ $57.38	$6.44B	0.67	223,107 shs	97,912 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CNM Core & Main	0.00%	+0.19%	-2.47%	-12.81%	-14.35%
DNOW DNOW	0.00%	+2.10%	-2.22%	+17.76%	+2.84%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	0.00%	-0.81%	-0.67%	+2.46%	+36.22%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	0.00%	-0.42%	+7.23%	+63.59%	+112.56%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CNM Core & Main	2.50	Moderate Buy	$55.64	30.28% Upside
DNOW DNOW	2.57	Moderate Buy	$18.20	14.21% Upside
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	2.38	Hold	$123.43	1.86% Upside
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	3.50	Strong Buy	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest DNOW, CNM, MSM, and RUSHB Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/24/2026	RUSHB Rush Enterprises	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
9/15/2026	CNM Core & Main	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$63.00
9/15/2026	MSM MSC Industrial Direct	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Peer Perform
9/14/2026	CNM Core & Main	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
9/11/2026	MSM MSC Industrial Direct	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
9/11/2026	CNM Core & Main	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$53.00 ➝ $46.00
9/10/2026	CNM Core & Main	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$55.00
9/10/2026	CNM Core & Main	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$53.00
9/10/2026	CNM Core & Main	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$63.00 ➝ $60.00
9/10/2026	CNM Core & Main	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$62.00 ➝ $61.00
9/10/2026	CNM Core & Main	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$65.00 ➝ $48.00

(Data available from 9/27/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CNM Core & Main	$7.70B	1.06	$3.84 per share	11.12	$11.05 per share	3.86
DNOW DNOW	$4.08B	0.71	$0.90 per share	17.65	$12.02 per share	1.33
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	$3.77B	1.80	$5.42 per share	22.36	$25.03 per share	4.84
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	$7.43B	0.87	$4.50 per share	12.27	$19.38 per share	2.85

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CNM Core & Main	$441M	$2.43	17.57	13.18	1.78	5.96%	25.98%	8.53%	12/8/2026 (Estimated)
DNOW DNOW	-$89M	-$1.07	N/A	20.69	N/A	-4.58%	3.91%	2.25%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	$199.33M	$4.14	29.27	23.39	N/A	5.91%	17.34%	9.79%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	$263.78M	$2.21	24.94	N/A	N/A	3.67%	11.65%	5.84%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)

Latest DNOW, CNM, MSM, and RUSHB Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/22/2026	Q4 2026	MSM MSC Industrial Direct	$1.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.07 billion	N/A
9/9/2026	Q2 2027	CNM Core & Main	$0.9090	$0.94	+$0.0310	$0.77	$2.14 billion	$2.15 billion
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	DNOW DNOW	$0.0940	$0.12	+$0.0260	-$0.11	$1.27 billion	$1.31 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	RUSHB Rush Enterprises	$0.38	$0.4044	+$0.0244	$0.91	$1.89 billion	$1.90 billion
7/1/2026	Q3 2026	MSM MSC Industrial Direct	$1.28	$1.43	+$0.15	$1.44	$1.03 billion	$1.05 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CNM Core & Main	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNOW DNOW	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	$3.48	2.87%	-15.73%	84.06%	3 Years
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	$0.56	1.01%	+17.37%	25.34%	6 Years

Latest DNOW, CNM, MSM, and RUSHB Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/28/2026	RUSHB Rush Enterprises	quarterly	$0.14	1.12%	9/9/2026	9/9/2026	9/24/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CNM Core & Main	1.16	2.47	1.51
DNOW DNOW	0.23	2.14	1.06
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	0.06	1.55	0.72
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	0.16	1.45	0.38

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CNM Core & Main	94.19%
DNOW DNOW	97.63%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	79.26%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	18.12%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CNM Core & Main	1.51%
DNOW DNOW	1.90%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	19.00%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	13.87%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CNM Core & Main	5,600	190.49 million	187.62 million	Optionable
DNOW DNOW	5,655	180.79 million	177.35 million	Optionable
MSM MSC Industrial Direct	7,284	55.85 million	45.24 million	Optionable
RUSHB Rush Enterprises	7,355	116.73 million	100.54 million	Not Optionable

DNOW, CNM, MSM, and RUSHB Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Rush Enterprises consensus price target decreased by 31.89% to $62.84

September 15, 2026 | msn.com

Rush Enterprises targets closing refrigerated JV by August 31 as it expects a stronger second half

July 29, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Rush Enterprises, Inc. Class B

July 24, 2026 | edition.cnn.com

Most and least shorted industrial stocks with market caps between $2B-$10B as of end-June

July 6, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Rush Enterprises, Inc. Conference Call Advisory for Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call

July 2, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Rush Enterprises, Inc. Announces Dual Listing on Nasdaq Texas Exchange

June 30, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Rush Enterprises: Turnaround Showing Signs, Economy Saying Otherwise

May 19, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Rush Enterprises Necessitates A Downgrade After This Historic Drive Higher

May 10, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Rush Enterprises, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2026 Results, Announces $0.19 Per Share Dividend

April 28, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Wolfe Research initiates coverage of Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) with outperform recommendation

April 28, 2026 | msn.com

Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) price target increased by 12.88% to 80.22

April 9, 2026 | msn.com

Rush Enterprises, Inc. Conference Call Advisory for First Quarter 2026 Earnings Results

April 2, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Rush Enterprises announces appointment of Jody Pollard as Chief Operating Officer

March 23, 2026 | globenewswire.com

UBS initiates coverage of Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) with neutral recommendation

January 30, 2026 | msn.com

Rush Enterprises, Inc. Conference Call Advisory for Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2025 Earnings Results

January 21, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Rush Enterprises announces new $150M stock repurchase program

December 3, 2025 | msn.com

Rush Enterprises, Inc. Adopts $150 Million Stock Repurchase Program

December 3, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Stephens & Co. Maintains Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) Overweight Recommendation

November 7, 2025 | msn.com

Rush Enterprises reports Q3 EPS 83c vs 97c last year

October 29, 2025 | msn.com

Rush Enterprises: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

October 29, 2025 | sfgate.com

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DNOW, CNM, MSM, and RUSHB Company Descriptions

Core & Main NYSE:CNM

$42.71 +1.09 (+2.61%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$42.70 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 09/25/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Core & Main, Inc. is a specialty distributor focused on water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products, and related services. The company provides infrastructure solutions to municipalities, private water companies and professional contractors across municipal, non-residential, and residential end markets, nationwide. The company was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

DNOW NYSE:DNOW

$15.94 +0.03 (+0.16%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$15.86 -0.08 (-0.50%)

As of 09/25/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

DNOW Inc. distributes downstream energy and industrial products for petroleum refining, chemical processing, LNG terminals, power generation utilities, and customer on-site locations in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company provides consumable maintenance, repair, and operating supplies; pipes, manual and automated valves, fittings, flanges, gaskets, fasteners, electrical instrumentations, artificial lift, pumping solutions, valve actuation and modular process, and measurement and control equipment; and mill supplies, tools, safety supplies, and personal protective equipment, as well as artificial lift systems, coatings, and miscellaneous expendable items. It also offers original equipment manufacturer equipment, including pumps, generator sets, air compressors, dryers, blowers, mixers, and valves; modular oil and gas tank battery solutions; and application systems, work processes, parts integration, optimization solutions, and after-sales support services. In addition, the company provides supply chain and materials management; inventory planning and management, procurement, and warehouse management, as well as solutions for logistics, point of issue technology, project management, business process, and performance metrics reporting services. It serves customers in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the energy industry, including drilling contractors, well-servicing companies, independent and national oil and gas companies, midstream operators, and refineries, as well as petrochemical, chemical, utilities, RNG facilities, and other downstream energy processors; and industrial and manufacturing companies. The company was formerly known as NOW Inc. and changed its name to DNOW Inc. in January 2024. DNOW Inc. was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

MSC Industrial Direct NYSE:MSM

$121.18 +0.45 (+0.37%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$121.26 +0.08 (+0.06%)

As of 09/25/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company's MRO products include cutting tools, measuring instruments, tooling components, metalworking products, fasteners, flat stock products, raw materials, abrasives, machinery hand and power tools, safety and janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, materials handling products, power transmission components, and electrical supplies. It offers stock-keeping units through its catalogs and brochures; e-commerce channels, including its website, mscdirect.com; inventory management solutions; and customer care centers, customer fulfillment centers, regional inventory centers, and warehouses. The company serves individual machine shops, manufacturing companies, and government agencies. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.

Rush Enterprises NASDAQ:RUSHB

$55.19 +0.18 (+0.33%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$55.61 +0.42 (+0.76%)

As of 09/25/2026 04:32 PM Eastern

Rush Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retailer of commercial vehicles and related services in the United States and Canada. The company operates a network of commercial vehicle dealerships under the Rush Truck Centers name. Its Rush Truck Centers primarily sell commercial vehicles manufactured by Peterbilt, International, Hino, Ford, Isuzu, IC Bus, Blue Bird, and Dennis Eagle. The company also offers new and used commercial vehicles, and aftermarket parts, as well as service and repair, financing, and leasing and rental services; and offers property and casualty insurance, including collision and liability insurance on commercial vehicles, cargo insurance, and credit life insurance products. In addition, it provides equipment installation and repair, parts installation, and paint and body repair services; new vehicle pre-delivery inspection, truck modification, and natural gas fuel system installation services, body, chassis upfitting, and component installation services; and vehicle telematics products, as well as sells new and used trailers, and tires for use on commercial vehicles. The company serves regional and national fleets, corporations, local and state governments, and owner-operators. It operates a network of centers located in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Ontario. Rush Enterprises, Inc. was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas.

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