---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001003078-23-000099"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSM"
cik: "0001003078"
company_name: "MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T09:35:58.924053+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSC Industrial Q4 net sales up 1.3%; full-year sales exceed $4B; dividend raised 5%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1,035.4M, up 1.3% YoY; diluted EPS $1.56 (GAAP), $1.64 adjusted.
- Full-year net sales $4,009.3M, up 8.6% YoY; diluted EPS $6.11 GAAP, adjusted $6.29.
- Operating cash flow $699.6M (204% of net income); increased quarterly dividend by 5%.
- Initial FY2024 outlook: ADS growth 0%-5%, adjusted operating margin 12.0%-12.8%.
- Shareholders approved elimination of dual class share structure in October.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001003078-23-000099
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSM
- cik: 0001003078
- company_name: MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1003078/000100307823000099/0001003078-23-000099-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307823000099/msm-20231025.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-23-000099.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC reported financial results for fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full year ended September 2, 2023.
  - Period: fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full year ended September 2, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: issued a press release announcing financial results for its fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full year ended September 2, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307823000099/0001003078-23-000099-index.htm

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