MSC Industrial Direct Company is part of the industrial distribution industry and is part of the industrials sector. The company CEO is Erik Gershwind. MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc distributes maintenance, repair and operating supplies to an industrial-oriented customer base.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The MSM stock showed a previous change of 3.03% with an open at 72.38 and a close of 73.77. It reached an intraday high of 73.80 and a low of 72.08.
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Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $4.1b with 55.2m shares outstanding, of which the float is 54.5m shares. Trading volume reached 433,099 shares compared to its average volume of 402,686 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, MSC Industrial Direct Company shares returned 2.13% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -11.06%. Over three months, it changed -11.67%. In one year it has changed -17.46% and within that year its 52-week high was 94.73 and its 52-week low was 69.81. MSM stock is 5.67% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 81.59 and a 50 day moving average of 79.17. Currently MSM stock is trading -9.58% below its 200 day moving average and may not be a good opportunity to buy as it may continue to trend down.
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Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 5.79 that ended on 31st of August 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 12.74. Based on 8 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 1.32. The TTM EPS is 5.35, which comes to a TTM PE of 13.79. Historically, the PE high was 28.10 and the PE low was 12.74. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 68.16, which is a decrease of -7.61%.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| Feb19 | (Reported on 04/10/2019): | 1.24 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov18 | (Reported on 01/09/2019): | 1.33 |
| Aug18 | (Reported on 10/30/2018): | 1.29 |
| May18 | (Reported on 07/11/2018): | 1.39 |
| Feb18 | (Reported on 04/10/2018): | 2.06 |
The dividend per share is currently 2.52, which is a dividend yield of 3.52%. Also, the payout ratio is 47.10%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 81.83, which means it is possibly undervalued and has a margin of safety of 9.85%.
Indicators to Watch:
Short-interest was 1,748,099, which was 3.17% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 3.54. This stock has some short interest, but it may be normal and no cause for concern if long the position.
The current calculated beta is 0.95.
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Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 22.18%, return on assets is 13.46%, profit margin is 8.67%, price-to-sales is 1.58 and price-to-book is 2.82.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
2 :Valuation Score
4 :Past Performance Score
4 :Financial Strength Score
2 :Future Growth Score
5 :Dividend Score
3 :Overall Score
