MSC Industrial Direct Company (MSM) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- —
- Estimate
- $1.41
- Surprise
- —
- Score today
- 5.5/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates MSM Sell at 5.5/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate.
What supports the rating
- Strong growth profile
- Positive momentum
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (0.8% away)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $132.82
- Stop
- $126.34
The stock trades at 32.1× trailing but 24.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-22 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
MSM at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Industrial Distribution
- Market cap
- $7.42B
- P/E (fwd)
- 24.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 32.1
- 52-week range
- $78.80–$133.95
- Off 52-week high
- 0.8%
- RSI (14)
- 62
- Volume vs avg
- 1.77×
- Score today
- 5.5/10