How MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. stacks up

MSM · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

78/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #145 of 469 · scores higher than 67% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

52 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including MSM · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 78?

Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.

Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 8.5% vs peer median 7.7%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 76% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.2% vs peer median 7.1%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 92% of peers. Return on assets: 9.3% vs peer median 3.1%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = MSM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	MSM	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported	14.2%	8.2%	73%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported	8.5%	8.5%	50%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported	9.3%	4.4%	78%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported	16.3%	11.5%	67%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported	40.8%	30.1%	75%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around MSM

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	SBC Medical Group Holdings IncorporatedSBC · US-listed	536M USD	100	80
1	Verisk Analytics, Inc.VRSK · US-listed	25.6B USD	100	50
3	Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V.ASR · US-listed	7.8B USD	99	82
3	Exponent, Inc.EXPO · US-listed	4.1B USD	99	59
3	Fastenal CompanyFAST · US-listed	60.0B USD	99	71
⋯
145	Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp.CCEC · US-listed	1.3B USD	78	61
145	Franklin Electric Co., Inc.FELE · US-listed	4.5B USD	78	58
145	The Gorman-Rupp CompanyGRC · US-listed	2.0B USD	78	55
145	The Middleby CorporationMIDD · US-listed	5.6B USD	78	47
145	MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.MSM · US-listed	6.7B USD	78	53
145	Owens CorningOC · US-listed	9.3B USD	78	47
145	Seanergy Maritime Holdings CorpSHIP · US-listed	320M USD	78	52
145	SPX Technologies, Inc.SPXC · US-listed	8.2B USD	78	61
155	BWX Technologies, Inc.BWXT · US-listed	12.1B USD	77	56

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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