Is the price fair?
What MSM's price assumes
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. trades at 29.5× earnings against 27.2× for the median Industrial Distribution name, more expensive than its own group.
29.5
Trailing P/E · Industrial Distribution median 27.2 · 1.09× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 1.57
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q2
- Free cash flow yield
- 3.3%
Free cash flow yield · Industrial Distribution median 3.5%
- Growth the price implies
- +11%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +11% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −28% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q2
- 4.32
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Industrial Distribution median P/E17 names
- 27.2
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $220M
- Market capitalisation
- $6.62B
- 3-year revenue growth
- −0.73%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- −28%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $48.96 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $58.42 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $70.60 |
| 52-week range | $79.47 – $127.25 |
| Today | $122.48 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Industrial Distribution
Ranks #15 of 17 by Smart Score