---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001003078-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSM"
cik: "0001003078"
company_name: "MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T19:14:06.741488+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSC Industrial Q1 net sales up 12.9% to $957.7M; adjusted EPS $1.48 vs $1.25; reaffirms FY23 guidance

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $957.7M, +12.9% YoY; average daily sales growth ~9 ppt above IP Index.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.45 vs $1.18; adjusted EPS $1.48 vs $1.25; YoY growth 22.9% GAAP, 18.4% adjusted.
- Operating margin 12.1% GAAP (12.3% adj.); expanded 140 bps (100 bps adj.) vs prior year.
- Repurchased >200k shares at avg $79.60; reaffirms FY23 adjusted op margin guide 12.7%-13.3%.
- Mission Critical: CCSG mid-teens; vending/In-Plant sales up mid-teens; e-commerce 61.9% of sales; public sector +22%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001003078-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSM
- cik: 0001003078
- company_name: MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307823000006/0001003078-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307823000006/msm-20230105x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-23-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-23-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC updated its Fiscal 2023 full year guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: Fiscal 2023 full year
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: The Company is reaffirming its fiscal 2023 full year adjusted operating margin and ADS outlook that was communicated last quarter and providing key assumptions for the year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307823000006/0001003078-23-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.