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

Msc Industrial Direct (MSM) recorded quarterly EBT Margin of 6.1% in Q1 2026, down 12.7% quarter-over-quarter from 6.99% in Q4 2025, and up 30.0% on a YoY basis from 4.7% in Q1 2025.

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

Msc Industrial Direct's EBT Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.1% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 30.0% year-over-year to 6.1%; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at 7.17% (down 39.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 6.99%, down 198.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 6.1% for Q1 2026 at Msc Industrial Direct, down from 6.99% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 13.89% in Q2 2022 to a low of 5.8% in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 9.44% across 5 years, with a median of 9.57% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: EBT Margin surged 771 bps in 2022, then sank 318 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 11.26% in 2022, then declined by 15 bps to 9.57% in 2023, then sank by 32 bps to 6.53% in 2024, then rose by 7 bps to 6.99% in 2025, then retreated by 13 bps to 6.1% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 6.1% (Q1 2026), 6.99% (Q4 2025), and 7.78% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 62.43 Bn 62.25 Bn 1.75 Bn 14.01%
2 Fastenal 52.87 Bn 52.56 Bn 982.90 Mn 20.36%
3 Ferguson Enterprises 43.71 Bn 42.89 Bn 2.32 Bn 7.49%
4 Wesco International 17.21 Bn 16.51 Bn 1.29 Bn 3.24%
5 Watsco 14.12 Bn 13.98 Bn 427.56 Mn 7.61%
6 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.70 Bn 11.53 Bn 380.80 Mn 10.80%
7 Qxo 11.53 Bn 8.48 Bn 409.30 Mn -16.20%
8 Core & Main 9.91 Bn 9.77 Bn 428.00 Mn 5.95%
9 Pool 6.54 Bn 6.47 Bn 329.87 Mn 6.17%
10 Msc Industrial Direct 6.47 Bn 6.42 Bn 377.59 Mn 6.10%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 6.10%
Nov 29, 2025 6.99%
Aug 30, 2025 7.78%
May 31, 2025 7.73%
Mar 1, 2025 5.80%
Nov 30, 2024 6.53%
Aug 31, 2024 8.00%
Jun 1, 2024 9.73%
Mar 2, 2024 8.55%
Dec 2, 2023 9.57%
Sep 2, 2023 11.18%
Jun 3, 2023 11.99%
Mar 4, 2023 11.04%
Dec 3, 2022 11.26%
Sep 3, 2022 13.47%
May 28, 2022 13.89%
Feb 26, 2022 10.86%
Nov 27, 2021 10.21%
Aug 28, 2021 10.43%
May 29, 2021 14.55%