MSC INDL DIRECT INC MSM
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 553530106 · ISIN US5535301064
Distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryWholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- HeadquartersMelville, NY
- Founded1941
- Websitemscdirect.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($9.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 57.2m as of 2023-10-06, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $98.52. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($24.7m notional), 8 hold puts ($18.8m).
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 359 |
| Q4 2022 | 381 |
| Q1 2023 | 381 |
| Q2 2023 | 431 |
| Q3 2023 | 414 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 189 | 149 |
| Q1 2023 | 192 | 165 |
| Q2 2023 | 207 | 171 |
| Q3 2023 | 176 | 226 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $4.0m | $8.9m | 2.25 |
| Q1 2023 | $7.7m | $5.9m | 0.76 |
| Q2 2023 | $10.7m | $1.3m | 0.12 |
| Q3 2023 | $24.7m | $18.8m | 0.76 |
Biggest buyers
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +659.5k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Added | +375.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +197.2k |
| Man Group plc | New | +167.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +131.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +127.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +125.9k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Added | +123.3k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P | Added | +120.5k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | New | +114.2k |
Biggest sellers
| YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -291.0k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -271.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -261.3k |
| Nitorum Capital, L.P. | Reduced | -207.3k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -171.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -130.3k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -92.9k |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -86.5k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Sold out | -79.1k |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC | Sold out | -59.5k |
Biggest calls
| SG Capital Management LLC | New | $9.8m100.0k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $5.5m56.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $3.6m36.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.3m23.6k shares |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | New | $1.5m15.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.2m11.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $618.3k6.3k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $157.0k1.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $58.9k600 shares |
| Cutler Group LLC / CA | New | $3.0k5.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| Interval Partners, LP | New | $9.8m1.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.5m25.0k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $2.0m20.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.0m20.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.8m18.5k shares |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | New | $431.9k4.4k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $402.4k4.1k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-24 | 9.1% |
| Korenvaes Harlan B 13G · passive investor new · filed 2026-08-11 | 5.9% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC (4.7%, 2026-05-01), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 1 | $185.8k | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $4.1m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $368.6k | 2 | $908.5k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $14.4m | 4 | $10.4m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $4.3m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.2m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $586.2k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $309.1k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-28 | Bledsoe Elizabeth SVP & Chief People Officer | Sold | $309.1k3.1k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.9m $579.1m | Reduced -261.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.8m $472.8m | Added +197.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.17% of their portfolio | 2.2m $216.5m | Reduced -130.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $130.3m | Reduced -3.9k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.76% of their portfolio | 1.2m $118.4m | Reduced -45.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $106.0m | Added +52.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $98.4m | Added +127.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 935.1k $91.8m | Added +659.5k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 905.0k $88.8m | Reduced -50.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 861.3k $84.5m | Reduced -36.1k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 3.78% of their portfolio | 805.3k $79.0m | Reduced -6.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 797.5k $78.3m | Added +53.9k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 769.9k $75.6m | Added +125.9k |
| 59 North Capital Management, LP 8.18% of their portfolio | 719.9k $70.7m | Added +10.9k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 675.0k $66.3m | Added +375.0k |
| Paradice Investment Management LLC 5.07% of their portfolio | 602.9k $59.2m | Reduced -4.7k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 2.07% of their portfolio | 565.2k $55.5m | Reduced -51.0k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.43% of their portfolio | 524.3k $51.5m | Added +103.6k |
| Nitorum Capital, L.P. 5.44% of their portfolio | 507.2k $49.8m | Reduced -207.3k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.19% of their portfolio | 492.4k $48.3m | Added +123.3k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 491.8k $48.3m | Unchanged |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 490.4k $48.1m | Added +12.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 488.2k $47.9m | Added +51.9k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 464.2k $45.5m | Reduced -171.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 462.8k $45.4m | Added +131.9k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 462.0k $45.3m | Unchanged |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 431.1k $42.3m | Added +21.4k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.56% of their portfolio | 399.5k $39.2m | Reduced -9.8k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.74% of their portfolio | 346.9k $34.0m | Reduced -23.5k |
| Auto-Owners Insurance Co 1.13% of their portfolio | 346.0k $34.0m | Unchanged |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.09% of their portfolio | 343.9k $33.8m | Added +96.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 316.2k $31.0m | Reduced -20.8k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 1.48% of their portfolio | 284.2k $27.9m | Added +5.6k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 0.62% of their portfolio | 266.4k $26.1m | Reduced -9.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 259.5k $25.5m | Added +110.3k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.46% of their portfolio | 255.7k $25.1m | Reduced -21.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 240.9k $23.6m | Reduced -35.2k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 214.7k $21.1m | Reduced -35.7k |
| MILLER HOWARD INVESTMENTS INC /NY 0.75% of their portfolio | 208.9k $20.5m | Added +22 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 207.5k $20.4m | Added +10.1k |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc 1.06% of their portfolio | 204.8k $20.1m | Added +40.6k |
| PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVICES INC 3.14% of their portfolio | 194.7k $19.1m | Reduced -4.8k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.03% of their portfolio | 194.2k $19.1m | Reduced -8.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 192.4k $18.9m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 183.9k $18.0m | Reduced -25.3k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 183.6k $18.0m | Reduced -9.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 181.9k $17.9m | Reduced -29.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 179.8k $17.6m | Added +12.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 179.0k $17.6m | Reduced -10.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 174.7k $17.2m | Reduced -2.6k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 174.7k $17.1m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 167.3k $16.4m | New |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.33% of their portfolio | 158.8k $15.6m | Added +120.5k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 156.1k $15.3m | Added +784 |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 0.93% of their portfolio | 149.6k $14.7m | Reduced -2.8k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 142.6k $14.0m | Added +16.2k |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 141.7k $13.9m | Reduced -6.0k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 139.1k $13.7m | Added +18.6k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.09% of their portfolio | 132.3k $13.0m | Added +74.4k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 130.7k $12.8m | Added +27.7k |
| WealthPlan Investment Management, LLC 2.16% of their portfolio | 124.8k $12.2m | Added +59.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 123.4k $12.1m | Added +2.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 117.2k $11.5m | Reduced -354 |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 116.7k $11.5m | Reduced -5.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.4k $11.4m | Reduced -5.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 116.1k $11.4m | Reduced -92.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 114.4k $11.2m | Reduced -7.6k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 114.2k $11.2m | New |
| BOKF, NA 0.24% of their portfolio | 113.0k $10.7m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.0k $11.1m | Reduced -2.3k |
| MOUNTAIN PACIFIC INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC 0.75% of their portfolio | 109.6k $10.8m | Reduced -339 |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 108.1k $10.6m | Added +83.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 104.2k $10.2m | Added +1.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.8k $10.1m | Reduced -9.1k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.12% of their portfolio | 100.6k $9.9m | Reduced -225 |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.2k $9.7m | Added +3.1k |
| VALUE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CO. LLC 2.14% of their portfolio | 98.8k $9.7m | Unchanged |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 98.5k $9.7m | Added +7.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.1k $9.5m | Added +27.6k |
| WealthPLAN Partners, LLC 1.10% of their portfolio | 96.5k $9.5m | Added +46.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.8k $9.3m | Added +8.5k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 93.0k $9.1m | Reduced -897 |
| Biechele Royce Advisors 3.33% of their portfolio | 92.0k $9.0m | Reduced -6.1k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 90.7k $8.9m | Reduced -8.1k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.09% of their portfolio | 89.7k $8.8m | Reduced -5.6k |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 87.8k $8.6m | Added +5.9k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 87.7k $8.6m | Added +9.7k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.7k $8.5m | Added +68.1k |
| NewSquare Capital LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 82.3k $8.0m | Added +2.6k |
| Eliot Finkel Investment Counsel, LLC 5.34% of their portfolio | 81.0k $8.0m | Reduced -490 |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.04% of their portfolio | 80.0k $7.9m | Added +169 |
| LGT Group Foundation 0.19% of their portfolio | 76.8k $7.5m | Added +2.5k |
| Martin Capital Partners, LLC 3.12% of their portfolio | 75.4k $7.4m | Reduced -156 |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 73.5k $7.2m | Added +1.8k |
| MEEDER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.56% of their portfolio | 72.7k $7.1m | Added +62.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 70.3k $6.9m | Reduced -700 |
| LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE 1.50% of their portfolio | 69.5k $6.8m | Added +146 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 66.8k $6.6m | Reduced -4.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 64.7k $6.3m | Added +4.8k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.7k $6.3m | Reduced -14.8k |