MSC Industrial Direct Company (MSM) closed at $110.95 on November 5, 2026, down 4.4% from the previous close, on volume of 889,175 shares (30-day average 913,627).
Data as of November 5, 2026.
MSC Industrial Supply Co. Reports Fiscal 2026 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
ACCESS Newswire (Thu, 22-Oct 6:30 AM ET)
MSC Industrial Supply Co. Declares Increase in Regular Quarterly Dividend
ACCESS Newswire (Wed, 14-Oct 5:00 PM ET)
Ex-China Tungsten Supply Runs 21,000 Tonnes Short as 2027 Ban Nears
Globe Newswire (Wed, 7-Oct 9:00 AM ET)
MSC Industrial Supply Co. To Webcast Review of Fiscal 2026 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
ACCESS Newswire (Thu, 17-Sep 4:30 PM ET)
MSC Industrial Supply Co. Has Named Rob Kuhns Chief Financial Officer
ACCESS Newswire (Tue, 8-Sep 8:30 AM ET)
MSC Industrial Supply Co. to Attend Jefferies Global Industrials Conference
ACCESS Newswire (Thu, 3-Sep 4:30 PM ET)
MSC Industrial Supply Co. Earns Great Place to Work Certification(TM) for Third Consecutive Year
ACCESS Newswire (Mon, 24-Aug 4:30 PM ET)
MSC Industrial Delivers Robust Operating Margin Gains and Accelerated Earnings Growth in Q3
Market Chameleon (Wed, 1-Jul 3:30 AM ET)
MSC Industrial’s Margin Expansion Signals Improving Operational Strength Despite Modest Sales Growth
Market Chameleon (Wed, 1-Apr 5:48 AM ET)
MSM Stock Drops 5.9% After Earnings—History Suggests Post-Earnings Volatility Persists
Market Chameleon (Wed, 7-Jan 6:04 AM ET)
Founded in 1941, MSC Industrial Direct originally manufactured and sold cutting tools to metalworking shops in New York. Through a series of acquisitions and organic expansion, MSC has grown into an industrial distribution powerhouse focused on specialized metalworking products and services. The firm also distributes a wide breadth of maintenance, repair, and operations supplies. MSC primarily operates in North America, where it derives over 95% of its revenue.
MSC Industrial Direct Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol MSM.
As of November 6, 2026, MSM stock price climbed to $112.92 with 506,133 million shares trading.
MSM has a beta of 0.24, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. MSM has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.
MSM has a market cap of $6.30 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
Last quarter MSC Industrial Direct Company reported $1 billion in Revenue and $1.45 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $8 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.05.
In the last 3 years, MSM traded as high as $133.95 and as low as $68.10.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that MSM belongs to (by Net Assets): IJH, VTI, SCHD, AIRR, VB.
MSM has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +34.3% while the SPY ETF gained +9.9%. However, in the short term, MSM had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning -10.1% vs -4.0% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, MSM shares have fared better than the market returning +0.4% compared to SPY -3.5%.
MSM support price is $108.75 and resistance is $113.15 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that MSM shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
