Msc Industrial Direct (MSM) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Msc Industrial Direct (MSM) recorded quarterly EBIT Margin of 7.06% in Q1 2026, down 10.58% quarter-over-quarter from 7.89% in Q4 2025, and up 8.0% on a YoY basis from 6.54% in Q1 2025.

Msc Industrial Direct (MSM) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Msc Industrial Direct's EBIT Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.06% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBIT Margin rose 8.0% year-over-year to 7.06%; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at 8.04% (down 82.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 8.0%, down 222.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 7.06% for Q1 2026 at Msc Industrial Direct, down from 7.89% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 14.27% in Q2 2022 to a low of 6.98% in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, EBIT Margin has averaged 10.33% across 5 years, with a median of 10.65% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: EBIT Margin soared 765 bps in 2022, then sank 286 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 12.11% in 2022, then dropped by 12 bps to 10.65% in 2023, then declined by 27 bps to 7.78% in 2024, then gained by 1 bps to 7.89% in 2025, then retreated by 11 bps to 7.06% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 7.06% (Q1 2026), 7.89% (Q4 2025), and 8.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 63.64 Bn 63.46 Bn 1.75 Bn 14.33%
2 Fastenal 53.18 Bn 52.87 Bn 982.90 Mn 20.33%
3 Ferguson Enterprises 45.51 Bn 44.69 Bn 2.32 Bn 8.19%
4 Wesco International 17.33 Bn 16.62 Bn 1.29 Bn 4.83%
5 Watsco 14.65 Bn 14.51 Bn 427.56 Mn 7.19%
6 Qxo 12.24 Bn 9.19 Bn 409.30 Mn -14.56%
7 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.99 Bn 11.82 Bn 380.80 Mn 11.02%
8 Core & Main 9.98 Bn 9.84 Bn 428.00 Mn 7.46%
9 Pool 7.00 Bn 6.92 Bn 329.87 Mn 7.26%
10 Msc Industrial Direct 6.54 Bn 6.49 Bn 377.59 Mn 7.06%

Historic Data

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Feb 28, 2026 7.06%
Nov 29, 2025 7.89%
Aug 30, 2025 8.62%
May 31, 2025 8.52%
Mar 1, 2025 6.98%
Nov 30, 2024 7.78%
Aug 31, 2024 9.54%
Jun 1, 2024 10.90%
Mar 2, 2024 9.75%
Dec 2, 2023 10.65%
Sep 2, 2023 11.40%
Jun 3, 2023 12.84%
Mar 4, 2023 11.88%
Dec 3, 2022 12.11%
Sep 3, 2022 14.08%
May 28, 2022 14.27%
Feb 26, 2022 11.27%
Nov 27, 2021 10.69%
Aug 28, 2021 10.98%
May 29, 2021 14.85%