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MSC Industrial Direct PE ratio MSM

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
27.5×
10-year median
17.1×
Against its 10-year history
94th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
9.5× to 31.9×
Peer median
24.2×

MSC Industrial Direct's PE ratio is 27.5× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $113.86 against $4.14 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 17.1×, higher than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.5× in Mar 2020 to 31.9× in Jun 2026.

The median for 10 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 24.2×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far27.5×23.0×31.9×
202524.6×17.1×26.1×
202416.3×13.6×19.4×
202316.6×12.3×17.0×
202213.5×13.0×19.6×
202119.3×19.2×28.5×
202018.7×9.5×19.2×
201915.2×12.7×16.0×
201813.1×13.0×24.1×
201723.9×16.9×27.4×
201624.6×16.0×24.9×
201515.1×14.8×21.6×
201421.7×20.7×26.6×
201321.7×18.4×21.7×
201218.1×16.2×22.9×
201120.9×18.2×20.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest MSC Industrial Direct's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPE ratio
MSMMSC Industrial Direct27.5×
POOLPool18.3×
CNMCore & Main17.3×
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply28.3×
LKQLKQ9.7×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies28.9×
WSOWatsco27.8×
BCCBOISE CASCADE26.4×
REZIResideo Technologies7.5×
WCCWESCO International22.0×
DXPEDXP Enterprises27.5×
Peer median24.2×

Where MSC Industrial Direct ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.