MSM MSC Industrial Directdata gap · 92% coverage
Industrials · Trading Companies & Distributors · close $130.38 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-05-30
MSC Industrial Direct (MSM) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 46/100 (grade D), ranking #174 of 202 in Industrials. Its strongest pillars are balance sheet (57) and valuation (56); its weakest is profitability (30). Data gap: 2 factors without usable data, so 92% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 4.4% and operating margin 8.5%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: Consensus score (1–5), 90-day net rating shift. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 92% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · no data · —| Consensus score (1–5) (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
| 90-day net rating shift (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
Growth
weight 30.83% (→33.3%) · 48| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | 4.4% | 25 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | 17.2% | 59 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.7%) | 4.9% | 72 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 30| Operating margin (10.7%) | 8.5% | 28 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (9.3%) | -0.1% | 32 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 57| Net debt / EBITDA (10.7%) | 0.97× | 55 |
| Current ratio (5.3%) | 1.55 | 47 |
| Interest coverage (4.0%) | 13.80× | 74 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 36| FCF margin (6.7%) | 6.4% | 28 |
| FCF yield (6.7%) | 3.3% | 43 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 56| P/E (inverted) (6.7%) | 31.42× | 40 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.7%) | 1.97× | 72 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 61.1 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 130.03 / 127.59 |
| 200-day SMA | 107.52 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.10× |
| 20-day return | 7.1% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: GrossProfit · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseNonoperating · D&A: DepreciationAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is MSM's House Rating?
- MSM scores 46 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #174 of 202 Industrials stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about MSM?
- We do not have enough analyst-sentiment data to score this stock.
- When does MSM report earnings next?
- MSM's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-22 (window 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-25), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is MSM a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology