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MSC Industrial Direct price to free cash flow MSM

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
28.9×
10-year median
16.6×
Against its 10-year history
89th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.7× to 49.0×
Peer median
20.4×

MSC Industrial Direct's price to free cash flow is 28.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 16.6×, higher than on 89% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.7× in Jan 2024 to 49.0× in Apr 2022.

The median for 10 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 20.4×.

Price to free cash flow 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 far28.9×19.9×33.1×
202520.2×13.0×20.6×
202413.4×8.7×16.0×
20239.5×8.8×25.8×
202224.7×23.9×49.0×
202139.8×11.6×39.8×
202013.4×9.4×15.5×
201915.8×14.4×17.2×
201814.4×14.3×27.4×
201727.2×16.6×27.2×
201616.7×12.9×18.1×
201517.5×17.1×41.8×
201424.9×19.9×25.5×
201321.9×19.0×26.3×
201224.9×22.8×29.5×
201124.3×21.2×24.3×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
MSMMSC Industrial Direct28.9×
POOLPool24.0×
CNMCore & Main12.7×
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply17.4×
LKQLKQ7.1×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies25.3×
WSOWatsco19.1×
BCCBOISE CASCADE26.3×
REZIResideo Technologiesn/m
WCCWESCO International99.9×
DXPEDXP Enterprises20.4×
Peer median20.4×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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