---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001003078-25-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSM"
cik: "0001003078"
company_name: "MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T09:51:49.850298+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSC Industrial Q3 EPS $1.02, adj EPS $1.08; net sales down 0.8% YoY; Q4 outlook mixed

## Summary
- Net sales $971.1M, down 0.8% YoY; diluted EPS $1.02 vs $1.27 prior year.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.08 vs $1.33; adjusted operating margin 9.0% vs 11.4%.
- Q4 FY2025 guidance: ADS growth -0.5% to +1.5% YoY; adjusted op margin 8.5%-9.0%.
- Returned ~$56M to shareholders in Q3 via dividends and buybacks; YTD ~$181M.
- Full-year FY2025 outlook maintained: capex $100M-$110M, FCF conversion ~120%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001003078-25-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSM
- cik: 0001003078
- company_name: MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-01T23:59:59+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/1003078/000100307825000072/0001003078-25-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307825000072/msm-20250701.htm

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