MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM)

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for MSM stock have an average target of 81, with a low estimate of 73 and a high estimate of 91. The average target predicts a decrease of -0.95% from the current stock price of 81.78.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$73	$81	$85	$91
Change	-10.74%	-0.95%	+3.94%	+11.27%

* Price targets were last updated on Dec 4, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for MSM stock from 5 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	1	1	1	1	0	0
Hold	4	4	4	4	5	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	5	5

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Tommy Moll Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy → Hold Downgrades $85	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$85	+3.94%	Dec 4, 2024
Patrick Baumann JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $87 → $73	Hold	Maintains	$87 → $73	-10.74%	Oct 25, 2024
David Manthey Baird	Baird	Hold Maintains $84 → $91	Hold	Maintains	$84 → $91	+11.27%	Oct 16, 2024
Chris Dankert Loop Capital	Loop Capital	Hold Maintains $80 → $75	Hold	Maintains	$80 → $75	-8.29%	Jul 3, 2024
Patrick Baumann JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $81 → $80	Hold	Maintains	$81 → $80	-2.18%	Jul 3, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

3.80B

Decreased by -0.60%

from 3.82B

Revenue Next Year

3.98B

Increased by 4.69%

from 3.80B

EPS This Year

3.73

Decreased by -18.55%

from 4.58

EPS Next Year

4.33

Increased by 16.01%

from 3.73

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Aug 29, 2020	Aug 28, 2021	Sep 3, 2022	Sep 2, 2023	Aug 31, 2024	Aug 31, 2025	Aug 31, 2026	Aug 31, 2027
Revenue	3.19B	3.24B	3.69B	4.01B	3.82B	3.80B	3.98B	4.25B
Revenue Growth	-5.10%	1.59%	13.83%	8.60%	-4.70%	-0.60%	4.69%	6.79%
EPS	4.51	3.87	6.06	6.11	4.58	3.73	4.33	5.57
EPS Growth	-13.27%	-14.19%	56.59%	0.83%	-25.04%	-18.55%	16.01%	28.64%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	21.92	18.90	14.69
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	5

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	4.0B	4.2B	4.6B
Avg	3.8B	4.0B	4.2B
Low	3.6B	3.8B	4.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	4.7%	11.0%	16.2%
Avg	-0.6%	4.7%	6.8%
Low	-4.9%	-0.5%	0.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	4.53	5.72	6.85
Avg	3.73	4.33	5.57
Low	3.21	3.72	4.31

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	-1.2%	53.4%	58.2%
Avg	-18.5%	16.0%	28.6%
Low	-29.8%	-0.2%	-0.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.