---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001003078-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSM"
cik: "0001003078"
company_name: "MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T06:08:58.967717+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSC Industrial Q1 FY2025 revenue $928.5M (-2.7% YoY); adjusted EPS $0.86 vs $1.25

## Summary
- Net sales $928.5M, down 2.7% YoY; GAAP diluted EPS $0.83 vs $1.22, adjusted $0.86 vs $1.25.
- GAAP operating income $72.3M (7.8% margin) vs $101.6M (10.6%) in prior year.
- Q2 FY2025 guidance: ADS growth (5)%-(3)%, adjusted operating margin 6.5%-7.5%.
- Full-year FY2025 outlook maintained: D&A ~$90M-$95M, capex ~$100M-$110M, FCF conversion ~100%.
- CEO cites soft macro conditions; December growth weighed by holiday and fiscal calendar timing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001003078-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSM
- cik: 0001003078
- company_name: MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1003078/000100307825000004/0001003078-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307825000004/msm-20250108.htm

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