MSM PEER ANALYSIS

MSC Industrial Direct Company Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

MSMMSC Industrial Direct Company Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Industrials · Industrial Distribution

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Industrial Distribution

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

MSMIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	MSM	REH	FTT	ADDT-B	TIH	RUS	Ind. Median
P/E	29.37	36.53	19.04	42.75	35.63	17.61●	32.38
P/B	4.77	2.80	4.47	10.98	5.47	2.11●	4.62
EV/EBITDA	17.87	15.29	12.58	29.03	16.92	10.13●	15.29
P/S	1.73	1.11	1.21	4.04	3.43	0.71●	1.25

Financial Health
Metric	MSM	REH	FTT	ADDT-B	TIH	RUS	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.55	2.34	1.61	1.49	3.17●	2.86	2.29
Debt/Equity	39.2%	91.6%	88.1%	85.5%	25.2%●	29.5%	78.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.19	3.61	1.90	1.69	-0.30●	0.95	1.39

Profitability
Metric	MSM	REH	FTT	ADDT-B	TIH	RUS	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.9%	3.0%	6.3%	9.5%	9.6%●	4.0%	5.6%
ROE	16.5%	7.2%	24.3%	28.6%●	16.3%	12.0%	17.4%
ROA	9.3%	3.9%	8.2%	10.8%●	9.7%	7.1%	7.1%
EBITDA Margin	10.4%	9.5%	11.3%	14.8%	19.9%●	7.8%	10.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	MSM	REH	FTT	ADDT-B	TIH	RUS	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.4%	2.8%	-1.0%	4.2%	4.8%	11.7%●	5.7%
NI Growth	16.2%	-25.5%	37.2%●	13.5%	3.6%	28.1%	10.4%
Div. Yield	2.8%	1.1%	1.3%	1.1%	1.0%	2.9%●	1.1%
Payout	83.8%	42.3%	23.6%	0.0%	32.8%	48.4%	32.8%

Valuation
Metric	MSM	POOL	CNM	SITE	XMTR	REZI	Ind. Median
P/E	29.37	19.31●	20.04	32.38	—	—	32.38
P/B	4.77	6.92	4.41	3.04	17.36	1.70●	4.62
EV/EBITDA	17.87	14.73	11.96●	15.66	—	—	15.29
P/S	1.73	1.46	1.18	1.05	6.61	0.65●	1.25

Financial Health
Metric	MSM	POOL	CNM	SITE	XMTR	REZI	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.55	1.87	2.31	2.33●	1.78	2.07	2.29
Debt/Equity	39.2%●	140.4%	119.8%	69.9%	120.5%	120.3%	78.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.19	2.40	2.43	2.74	-4.45	-51.30●	1.39

Profitability
Metric	MSM	POOL	CNM	SITE	XMTR	REZI	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.9%	7.6%●	5.9%	3.2%	-7.0%	-6.5%	5.6%
ROE	16.5%	34.2%●	23.7%	9.6%	-17.5%	-15.8%	17.4%
ROA	9.3%	10.5%●	7.1%	4.5%	-7.3%	-6.1%	7.1%
EBITDA Margin	10.4%	11.9%	12.3%●	8.1%	-3.5%	-0.8%	10.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	MSM	POOL	CNM	SITE	XMTR	REZI	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.4%	1.8%	0.5%	2.8%	29.1%●	8.1%	5.7%
NI Growth	16.2%	-0.7%	7.9%	31.9%●	—	—	10.4%
Div. Yield	2.8%●	2.3%	—	—	—	0.7%	1.1%
Payout	83.8%	79.9%	—	—	—	-7.1%	32.8%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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