MSMMSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
Is the business good?
The checks split: earnings fully cash-backed (1.2×), but margins compressing.
Mixed fundamental signals. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.
Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 15% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is MSM?
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. earns 14% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 5.2 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 8.5%
Operating margin · Industrial Distribution median 8.3% · 12 months to Q3 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.23×
Cash conversion · 1.58× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- +0.40%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11% |
| FY2021 | 9.3% |
| FY2022 | 13% |
| FY2023 | 12% |
| FY2024 | 10% |
| FY2025 | 8.0% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 41%
- Operating margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 8.5%
- Net margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 5.9%
- Free cash flow margin
- 5.6%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.91B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $220M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $231M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 14%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.