Growth Metrics

Msc Industrial Direct (MSM) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Msc Industrial Direct has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.16% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.16% for Q1 2026, down 4.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 0.16% (down 4.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.2%, down 5.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 0.16% at Msc Industrial Direct, roughly flat from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for MSM hit a ceiling of 0.9% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 0.12% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.28% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.34%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: tumbled -325bps in 2022 and later surged 39bps in 2023.
  • Msc Industrial Direct's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.66% in 2022, then crashed by -57bps to 0.28% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 107bps to 0.59% in 2024, then plummeted by -73bps to 0.16% in 2025, then grew by 0bps to 0.16% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.16% (Q1 2026), 0.16% (Q4 2025), and 0.12% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.