MSC Industrial Direct Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:MSM Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
18 Nov 25	BuyUS$1,943,037	Mitchell Jacobson	Individual	22,870	US$84.96
13 Nov 25	BuyUS$600,873	Philip Peller	Individual	6,666	US$90.14
03 Nov 25	BuyUS$15,408,432	Mitchell Jacobson	Individual	181,806	US$84.92
03 Jul 25	SellUS$180,000	Philip Peller	Individual	2,000	US$90.00
06 May 25	BuyUS$5,856	Michael Kaufmann	Individual	69	US$89.59
08 Apr 25	BuyUS$11,101,253	Mitchell Jacobson	Individual	159,193	US$70.12

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: MSM insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of MSM?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	27,937	0.0477%
Individual Insiders	10,369,801	17.7%
Institutions	48,116,748	82.2%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 74.69% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
14.5%	Mitchell Jacobson	8,107,605	US$703.3m	2.52%	no data
9.43%	BlackRock, Inc.	5,262,413	US$456.5m	0.79%	0.01%
7.98%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	4,451,836	US$386.2m	-0.72%	no data
4.82%	American Century Investment Management Inc	2,688,133	US$233.2m	-28.2%	0.09%
3.82%	Erik Gershwind	2,132,845	US$185.0m	0.5%	no data
3.16%	Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.	1,764,875	US$153.1m	2.12%	0.09%
3.11%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	1,734,536	US$150.5m	-0.09%	0.02%
2.9%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	1,618,411	US$140.4m	-0.19%	no data
2.88%	Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.	1,608,876	US$139.6m	58.9%	0.47%
2.71%	First Trust Advisors LP	1,509,815	US$131.0m	-12.1%	0.08%
2.37%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,322,432	US$114.7m	1.21%	0.02%
2.17%	Victory Capital Management Inc.	1,208,499	US$104.8m	-5.12%	0.06%
1.85%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1,032,659	US$89.6m	3.13%	no data
1.59%	Invesco Ltd.	889,740	US$77.2m	0.18%	0.02%
1.2%	Millennium Management LLC	671,298	US$58.2m	-13.9%	0.04%
1.12%	NewSouth Capital Management, Inc.	625,003	US$54.2m	-0.31%	2.52%
1.11%	UBS Asset Management AG	617,006	US$53.5m	44.8%	no data
1.06%	Boston Trust Walden Company	592,478	US$51.4m	-1.59%	0.36%
1.06%	BNY Asset Management	590,533	US$51.2m	-7.81%	0.01%
1.05%	RBC Dominion Securities Inc.	587,798	US$51.0m	15.7%	0.04%
1.01%	Old Republic International Corporation	565,200	US$49.0m	0%	1.8%
1.01%	The Toronto-Dominion Bank	563,463	US$48.9m	-2.51%	0.06%
0.98%	DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc.	545,423	US$47.3m	-11.7%	0.91%
0.92%	Mackenzie Financial Corporation	511,336	US$44.4m	0.55%	0.04%
0.84%	Norges Bank Investment Management	469,895	US$40.8m	0%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/12/15 13:22
End of Day Share Price	2025/12/15 00:00
Earnings	2025/08/30
Annual Earnings	2025/08/30

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. is covered by 29 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Manthey	Baird
Scott Davis	Barclays
Scott Graham	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research