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MSC Industrial Direct shares outstanding MSM

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2009.

Latest quarter, to May 30, 2026
56M
On a year earlier
+0.4%
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MSC Industrial Direct had 56M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q3 FY26, the quarter to May 30, 2026.

That is about the same as a year earlier.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY202555.9M−1%
FY202456.2M−0%
FY202356.5M+1%
FY202256.1M+0%
FY202156M+0%
FY202055.8M+1%
FY201955.4M−2%
FY201856.6M−0%
FY201756.8M−6%
FY201660.3M−2%
FY201561.4M−1%
FY201462M−2%
FY201363.2M+1%
FY201262.5M−2%
FY201163.5M+1%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q3 FY2656M+0%
Q2 FY2655.9M+0%
Q1 FY2656M−0%
Q4 FY2555.9M−1%
Q3 FY2555.8M−1%
Q2 FY2555.9M−1%
Q1 FY2556.1M−1%
Q4 FY2456.2M−0%
Q3 FY2456.4M+0%
Q2 FY2456.5M+1%
Q1 FY2456.7M+1%
Q4 FY2356.5M+1%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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