MSC Industrial Direct (MSM) Competitors

$92.28
+0.62 (+0.68%)
(As of 05/9/2024 ET)

MSM vs. GIC, CWST, SLGN, ZWS, SON, SEE, FELE, WIRE, ADT, and GTLS

Should you be buying MSC Industrial Direct stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSC Industrial Direct include Global Industrial (GIC), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Silgan (SLGN), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), ADT (ADT), and Chart Industries (GTLS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

MSC Industrial Direct vs.

MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE:MSM) and Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

MSC Industrial Direct has higher revenue and earnings than Global Industrial. MSC Industrial Direct is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MSC Industrial Direct$3.98B1.29$343.23M$5.5716.42
Global Industrial$1.27B1.06$70.70M$1.8419.18

MSC Industrial Direct received 394 more outperform votes than Global Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.23% of users gave MSC Industrial Direct an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Global Industrial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MSC Industrial DirectOutperform Votes
396
53.23%
Underperform Votes
348
46.77%
Global IndustrialOutperform Votes
2
18.18%
Underperform Votes
9
81.82%

MSC Industrial Direct has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Industrial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MSC Industrial Direct pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Global Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. MSC Industrial Direct pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Industrial pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

MSC Industrial Direct currently has a consensus price target of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.51%. Given MSC Industrial Direct's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MSC Industrial Direct is more favorable than Global Industrial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MSC Industrial Direct
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Global Industrial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

79.3% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Global Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of Global Industrial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

MSC Industrial Direct has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Global Industrial's net margin of 5.34%. Global Industrial's return on equity of 28.39% beat MSC Industrial Direct's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MSC Industrial Direct7.89% 22.58% 13.01%
Global Industrial 5.34%28.39%13.35%

In the previous week, Global Industrial had 14 more articles in the media than MSC Industrial Direct. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Global Industrial and 3 mentions for MSC Industrial Direct. MSC Industrial Direct's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Global Industrial's score of 0.00 indicating that MSC Industrial Direct is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MSC Industrial Direct
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Global Industrial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

MSC Industrial Direct beats Global Industrial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MSM vs. The Competition

MetricMSC Industrial DirectIndustrial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.15B$1.73B$9.32B$17.75B
Dividend Yield3.62%2.81%2.06%3.51%
P/E Ratio16.4222.4221.6124.91
Price / Sales1.290.668.8410.85
Price / Cash12.129.2015.3415.59
Price / Book3.483.023.775.08
Net Income$343.23M$121.13M$467.78M$967.52M
7 Day Performance0.36%-2.18%2.18%2.21%
1 Month Performance-3.36%-12.81%-3.20%-0.92%
1 Year Performance1.68%32.95%11.10%102.55%

MSC Industrial Direct Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIC
Global Industrial
3.8104 of 5 stars
$38.48
-2.3%
N/A+50.5%$1.47B$1.27B20.801,870
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
3.8819 of 5 stars
$90.40
-0.5%
$99.71
+10.3%
+4.8%$5.24B$1.26B291.614,200Positive News
SLGN
Silgan
3.728 of 5 stars
$46.64
-1.4%
$53.13
+13.9%
-3.0%$4.98B$5.99B15.6514,400Dividend Announcement
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
2.7079 of 5 stars
$31.28
-2.2%
$33.50
+7.1%
+49.5%$5.40B$1.53B44.062,400Dividend Announcement
Insider Selling
SON
Sonoco Products
4.023 of 5 stars
$56.03
-2.1%
$63.00
+12.4%
-1.9%$5.50B$6.78B11.6723,000
SEE
Sealed Air
4.2427 of 5 stars
$31.52
-0.9%
$44.18
+40.2%
-15.0%$4.59B$5.49B13.3617,000Earnings Report
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.4644 of 5 stars
$96.27
-6.8%
$100.00
+3.9%
+8.1%$4.43B$2.07B23.426,400Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
WIRE
Encore Wire
1.187 of 5 stars
$279.36
-1.3%
$273.33
-2.2%
+68.7%$4.41B$2.57B14.821,629Positive News
ADT
ADT
3.6126 of 5 stars
$6.50
-0.8%
$8.58
+31.9%
+17.3%$6.00B$4.98B9.2914,300
GTLS
Chart Industries
3.2922 of 5 stars
$144.04
-3.0%
$194.85
+35.3%
+23.1%$6.06B$3.35B379.0511,637Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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