---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001003078-26-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSM"
cik: "0001003078"
company_name: "MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:18:20.425396+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSC Industrial Q1 EPS $0.93 (+12% YoY); sales $965.7M (+4%); guides Q2 ADS growth 3.5-5.5%

## Summary
- Net sales $965.7M, up 4.0% YoY; operating income $76.2M (adj. $81.2M), operating margin 7.9% (adj. 8.4%).
- Diluted EPS $0.93 (adj. $0.99), up 12.0% vs $0.83 prior year; net income $51.8M (+11.1%).
- Q2 outlook: ADS growth 3.5%-5.5%; adjusted operating margin 7.3%-7.9%.
- Full-year FY26 outlook maintained: capex ~$100-110M, free cash flow conversion ~90%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001003078-26-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSM
- cik: 0001003078
- company_name: MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307826000010/0001003078-26-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307826000010/msm-20260107.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-26-000010.txt

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