MSM — MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC

US Industrials Industrial distribution equity mkt cap 6.6B
119.81 +1.79% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 81.08 · high 127.28

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Performance

1 day+1.79%
1 week-3.24%
1 month-4.78%
3 months+13.05%
6 months+27.65%
Year to date+39.57%
1 year+36.66%
3 years+19.67%
5 years+39.80%

Technicals

RSI 1439.1
vs 50-day avg-1.41%
vs 200-day avg+19.53%
Volatility 1y26.6%
Max drawdown 1y-12.72%
Avg volume 30d663.2K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)2.96%
Paid last 12m3.4800
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-01-08

Measured signals that fired on MSM

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-20Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-30Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-22Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-13Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-27Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-21Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-04-07JACOBSON MITCHELL
Director
Gift15.0K0.000
2026-02-05PALADINO STEVEN
Director
Gift14.0K0.000
2026-02-05PALADINO STEVEN
Director
Gift14.0K0.000
2026-02-02Seseri Rudina
Director
Open-market sale1.8K86.83156.3K
2026-01-27GERSHWIND ERIK
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition69.5K0.000
2026-01-27GERSHWIND ERIK
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition69.5K0.000
2026-01-27GERSHWIND ERIK
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition12.0K0.000
2026-01-27GERSHWIND ERIK
Director
Gift69.5K0.000
2026-01-27GERSHWIND ERIK
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition69.5K0.000
2026-01-27GERSHWIND ERIK
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition12.6K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.501.3M5.4M
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC241.1M2.6M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC196.8M2.1M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC184.7M2.0M
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.164.8M1.8M
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP163.6M1.8M
Boston Partners153.2M1.7M
STATE STREET CORP130.2M1.4M
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC128.5M1.4M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP125.2M1.4M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
8-K2026-08-192026-08-13on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G2026-08-11on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-212026-07-20on EDGAR ↗
32026-07-202026-07-20on EDGAR ↗
8-K/A2026-07-172026-04-10on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-07-012026-05-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-012026-07-01on EDGAR ↗
11-K2026-06-242025-12-31on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d58.0% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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