MSC Industrial Direct Company, (MSM) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Industrials · Industrial Distribution
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $103.99 — A.R:R is negative (-2.7) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (4.3% away).
MSC is a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations ("MRO") products and services. With a history of driving innovation in industrial product distribution for more than 80 years, we help solve our manufacturing... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $103.99 — A.R:R is negative (-2.7) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (4.3% away). Chart setup: RSI 57 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.6/10, high confidence.
Passes 5/7 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 41d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — MSC Industrial Direct Company,
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- Keybanc Upgrades MSC Industrial Direct Co to Overweight, Announces $117 Price Target — benzinga Apr 27, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-15Item 5.02MEDIUMMSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. | | | Date: | April 15, 2026 | By: | /s/ GREG CLARK | | Name: | Greg Clark | | Title: | Vice President and [... truncated]SEC filing →
- 2026-03-02Item 5.02MEDIUM. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers On March 2, 2026, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.SEC filing →
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Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $103.99 — A.R:R is negative (-2.7) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (4.3% away). Chart setup: RSI 57 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $98.71. Score 4.6/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $106.59 (+2.4% upside). Prior stop was $98.71. Stop-loss: $98.71.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (4.3% away); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.4).
MSC Industrial Direct Company, trades at a P/E of 27.9 (forward 21.0). TrendMatrix value score: 4.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
16 analysts cover MSM with a consensus score of 2.6/5. Average price target: $94.
What does MSC Industrial Direct Company, do?MSC is a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations...
MSC is a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations ("MRO") products and services. With a history of driving innovation in industrial product distribution for more than 80 years, we help solve our manufacturing customers' metalworking and MRO challenges.