MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Trading & Distributors
  • ISIN: US5535301064
USD
85.72
-4.34 (-4.82%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 20.98%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.21 times
3
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -3.78% of over the last 5 years
4
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 360.73 MM
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 99.25 MM has Grown at -30.19%
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 14.34%
5
With ROCE of 18.32%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 2.74 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 3.23%, its profits have fallen by -31.2%
6
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 3.23% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (S&P 500) returns of 14.11%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Trading & Distributors should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Trading & Distributors)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
9.91%
0.11
28.34%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
3.92%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-2.19%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
20.36
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.21
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.35
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.00
Tax Ratio
25.77%
Dividend Payout Ratio
95.34%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
98.95%
ROCE (avg)
20.98%
ROE (avg)
21.14%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
24
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.70
EV to EBIT
17.54
EV to EBITDA
13.62
EV to Capital Employed
2.97
EV to Sales
1.48
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
3.76%
ROCE (Latest)
16.91%
ROE (Latest)
15.45%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 3.48 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 9.08

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 1,961.23

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0.18% (YoY

-3What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 261.27 MM

Here's what is working for MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 1,961.23
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 3.48 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 9.08 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0.18% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at USD 25.11 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 261.27 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)