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MSC Industrial Direct price to book ratio MSM

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
4.5×
10-year median
3.6×
Against its 10-year history
89th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
1.8× to 5.2×
Peer median
3.5×

MSC Industrial Direct's price to book ratio is 4.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 3.6×, higher than on 89% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.8× in Mar 2020 to 5.2× in Feb 2017.

The median for 10 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 3.5×.

Price to book 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 far4.5×3.4×5.1×
20253.5×2.9×3.8×
20243.0×3.0×4.1×
20233.9×3.2×4.0×
20223.4×3.1×4.0×
20214.0×3.8×4.8×
20203.6×1.8×3.7×
20193.0×2.6×3.5×
20183.1×3.0×4.5×
20174.4×3.1×5.2×
20164.8×2.7×4.8×
20152.6×2.5×3.8×
20143.6×3.4×4.4×
20133.7×3.5×4.4×
20123.9×3.5×5.0×
20114.5×3.5×4.9×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to book ratio
MSMMSC Industrial Direct4.5×
POOLPool5.7×
CNMCore & Main3.9×
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply2.7×
LKQLKQ0.7×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies6.2×
WSOWatsco4.4×
BCCBOISE CASCADE1.3×
REZIResideo Technologies0.9×
WCCWESCO International3.0×
DXPEDXP Enterprises4.5×
Peer median3.5×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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