secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC (MSM)
CIK:        0001003078
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001003078-24-000103
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSC Industrial Q4 net sales $952.3M (-8% YoY), adj EPS $1.03; provides weak Q1 outlook
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- Q4 net sales $952.3M (-8.0% YoY); diluted EPS $0.99 vs $1.56 prior year.
- FY24 net sales $3,821M (-4.7% YoY); diluted EPS $4.58 vs $6.11 prior year.
- Adjusted Q4 operating margin 9.9% vs 12.6% a year ago; FY24 adjusted op margin 10.7%.
- Q1 FY2025 guidance: ADS growth (5.5)% to (4.5)%, adjusted operating margin 7.0%-7.5%.
- Full-year FY2025 outlook: capex $100-110M, free cash flow conversion ~100%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307824000103/0001003078-24-000103-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307824000103/msm-20241024.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-24-000103

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