MSC Industrial Direct Stock Forecast, Price & News

MSC Industrial Direct's stock was trading at $53.36 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSM shares have increased by 54.1% and is now trading at $82.25.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MSC Industrial Direct in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MSC Industrial Direct stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MSM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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274 employees have rated MSC Industrial Direct CEO Erik Gershwind on Glassdoor.com. Erik Gershwind has an approval rating of 70% among MSC Industrial Direct's employees.

MSC Industrial Direct is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 14th 2021.
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MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (NYSE:MSM) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 5th. The industrial products company reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $771.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.54 million. MSC Industrial Direct had a net margin of 7.14% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.42%. The firm's revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.21 earnings per share.
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MSC Industrial Direct declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Tuesday, January 26th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 11th.
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MSC Industrial Direct pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.62%. MSC Industrial Direct does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of MSC Industrial Direct is 63.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSC Industrial Direct will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.41% next year. This indicates that MSC Industrial Direct will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for MSC Industrial Direct's shares. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect MSC Industrial Direct's share price to reach $80.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%.
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MSC Industrial Direct saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,190,000 shares, a decrease of 19.6% from the December 15th total of 1,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 406,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days.
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MSC Industrial Direct trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MSM."

MSC Industrial Direct's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Professional Advisory Services Inc. (0.30%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.20%), Value Holdings Management CO. LLC (0.13%), Martin Capital Partners LLC (0.11%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%) and IFP Advisors Inc (0.06%). Company insiders that own MSC Industrial Direct stock include Charles Bonomo, Denis F Kelly, Douglas E Jones, Edward F Martin, Jr, Gregory Polli, Rustom Jilla and Steven N Baruch.
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MSM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Value Holdings Management CO. LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Strs Ohio, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Brookstone Capital Management, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, and Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID. Company insiders that have sold MSC Industrial Direct company stock in the last year include Douglas E Jones, and Edward F Martin, Jr.
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MSM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Professional Advisory Services Inc., Raymond James Trust N.A., 6 Meridian, Sound Income Strategies LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, Rockland Trust Co., and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC.
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Shares of MSM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $82.25.

MSC Industrial Direct has a market capitalization of $4.59 billion and generates $3.19 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $251.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.74 on an earnings per share basis. MSC Industrial Direct employs 6,315 workers across the globe.

The official website for MSC Industrial Direct is www.mscdirect.com.

MSC Industrial Direct's mailing address is 75 MAXESS ROAD, MELVILLE NY, 11747. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 516-812-2000 or via email at [email protected]