secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC (MSM)
CIK:        0001003078
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001003078-25-000044
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSC Industrial Q2 net sales down 4.7% to $891.7M; adjusted EPS $0.72 vs $1.18 YoY
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- Net sales of $891.7M, down 4.7% YoY; operating margin 7.0% (adjusted 7.1%).
- Diluted EPS $0.70 (adjusted $0.72) vs prior year $1.10 ($1.18 adjusted), declines of ~36-39%.
- Q3 FY25 guidance: ADS growth (2.0%) to 0%; adjusted op margin 8.7%-9.3%.
- Full-year outlook maintained: capex $100M-$110M, FCF conversion ~100%, tax rate ~24.5%-25%.
- Returned ~$60M to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in Q2.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307825000044/0001003078-25-000044-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307825000044/msm-20250403.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-25-000044

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