After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
MSM belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Industrial Distribution industry. The current market capitalization of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc is $4.61B. A total of 0.92 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 740.43K shares.
In the most recent transaction, PELLER PHILIP sold 900 shares of MSM for 89.07 per share on Nov 13 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 4,044 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 13 ’24, THE PHILIP R PELLER REVOCABLE bought 900 shares at 89.07 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, GERSHWIND ERIK disposed of 50,000 shares on Nov 11 ’24 at a per-share price of $90.36. This resulted in the Chief Executive Officer holding 1,402,849 shares of MSM after the transaction. In another insider transaction, GERSHWIND ERIK bought 100,000 shares at $89.07 per share on Nov 11 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc pays an annual dividend of $3.36, resulting in a dividend yield of 4.07%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.68. MSM’s most recent ex-dividend date was 4.34% when it declared a $0.85 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/15/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/13/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 4.18%. The MSM stock dividend was $0.85 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MSM has a high of $104.76 and a low of $72.79.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. MSM’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $40.54M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $836.40M in debt and $561.93M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $24.60, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.16B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for MSM is Buy with a score of 3.20.
