MSC Industrial Direct Company (MSM) closed at $122.59 on October 28, 2026, up 3.6% from the previous close, on volume of 1,001,581 shares (30-day average 933,939).
Data as of October 28, 2026.
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MSC Industrial Supply Co. Reports Fiscal 2026 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
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MSC Industrial Supply Co. Declares Increase in Regular Quarterly Dividend
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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 Supply Delivers Strong Margin Expansion and Earnings Growth in Q3 2026
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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 October 28, 2026, MSM stock price climbed to $122.59 with 1,001,581 million shares trading.
MSM has a beta of 0.23, 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 $6.84 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 return of +47.0%, while the SPY ETF gained +13.8%. However, in the most recent history, MSM shares have underperformed the stock market with its stock returning -3.2% in the last 3 month period and -7.2% for the last 2 week period, while SPY has returned +4.8% and -0.7%, respectively.
MSM support price is $116.31 and resistance is $120.45 (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.
