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 ($8.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 56.3m as of 2024-03-15, 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 ≈ $96.98. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($9.3m notional), 9 hold puts ($8.4m).
Trends to Q1 2024
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 |
| Q4 2023 | 462 |
| Q1 2024 | 462 |
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 |
| Q4 2023 | 202 | 203 |
| Q1 2024 | 214 | 239 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $10.7m | $1.3m | 0.12 |
| Q3 2023 | $24.7m | $18.8m | 0.76 |
| Q4 2023 | $19.3m | $5.4m | 0.28 |
| Q1 2024 | $9.3m | $8.4m | 0.91 |
Biggest buyers
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Added | +1.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +715.4k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN | Added | +335.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +321.8k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Added | +285.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +184.0k |
| Swedbank AB | New | +170.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +168.8k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC | New | +157.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Added | +144.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Nitorum Capital, L.P. | Reduced | -445.9k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Reduced | -277.1k |
| 59 North Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -242.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -224.2k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | Reduced | -184.9k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -154.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -131.5k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | Reduced | -130.1k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -107.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC | Reduced | -98.5k |
Biggest calls
| Interval Partners, LP | New | $2.9m300 shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.4m24.9k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.7m17.9k shares |
| Jade Capital Advisors, LLC | New | $970.4k10.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $533.7k5.5k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $475.5k4.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $126.2k1.3k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $67.9k700 shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $29.1k300 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $29.0k300 shares |
Biggest puts
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $1.5m15.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.4m14.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.4m14.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.4m14.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.4m14.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $815.1k8.4k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $427.0k4.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $9.7k100 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 Q1 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.9m | $550.1k |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $33.4m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Sold | $2.4m24.5k shares |
| 2024-01-29 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Sold | $13.4m137.7k shares |
| 2024-01-26 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Sold | $1.8m18.7k shares |
| 2024-01-23 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Sold | $4.2m42.5k shares |
| 2024-01-22 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Sold | $5.0m51.0k shares |
| 2024-01-19 | GERSHWIND ERIK President and CEO, director | Sold | $4.4m45.9k shares |
| 2024-01-18 | GERSHWIND ERIK President and CEO, director | Sold | $1.4m15.0k shares |
| 2024-01-16 | GERSHWIND ERIK President and CEO, director | Sold | $720.0k7.5k 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, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.6m $541.1m | Reduced -224.2k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.6m $449.8m | Reduced -51.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $150.1m | Added +715.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.5m $143.3m | Reduced -280 |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $135.6m | Added +37.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.4m $135.0m | Added +321.8k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.3m $127.4m | Added +1.0m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $107.6m | Added +89.5k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.42% of their portfolio | 965.5k $93.7m | Reduced -130.1k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.20% of their portfolio | 891.2k $86.5m | Added +285.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 878.0k $85.2m | Added +48.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 788.3k $76.5m | Reduced -70.0k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 775.0k $75.2m | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 773.8k $75.1m | Added +184.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 762.4k $74.0m | Added +64.3k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.99% of their portfolio | 735.5k $71.4m | Reduced -14.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 680.6k $66.0m | Reduced -131.5k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 636.7k $61.8m | Reduced -1.1k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 1.05% of their portfolio | 595.4k $57.8m | Added +335.8k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 2.16% of their portfolio | 565.2k $54.8m | Unchanged |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 538.2k $52.2m | Reduced -15.7k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.36% of their portfolio | 527.2k $51.2m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.09% of their portfolio | 514.1k $49.9m | Added +168.8k |
| 59 North Capital Management, LP 2.79% of their portfolio | 477.1k $46.3m | Reduced -242.0k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 461.9k $44.8m | Reduced -65 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 437.9k $42.5m | Reduced -6.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 426.6k $41.4m | Reduced -47.7k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 1.62% of their portfolio | 362.3k $35.2m | Added +78.3k |
| Auto-Owners Insurance Co 0.89% of their portfolio | 346.0k $33.6m | Unchanged |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 342.8k $33.3m | Reduced -29.5k |
| Paradice Investment Management LLC 4.69% of their portfolio | 278.7k $27.0m | Reduced -91.3k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 267.5k $26.0m | Reduced -277.1k |
| MILLER HOWARD INVESTMENTS INC /NY 0.85% of their portfolio | 265.6k $25.8m | Reduced -3.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 263.0k $25.5m | Added +81.6k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.47% of their portfolio | 257.3k $25.0m | Added +13.8k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.30% of their portfolio | 251.9k $24.4m | Unchanged |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 249.8k $24.2m | Added +37.6k |
| HENNESSY ADVISORS INC 1.00% of their portfolio | 244.0k $23.7m | Added +30.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 241.8k $23.5m | Added +12.1k |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 0.88% of their portfolio | 224.3k $21.8m | Added +71.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.4k $20.9m | Reduced -18.3k |
| PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVICES INC 2.79% of their portfolio | 211.5k $20.5m | Added +17.6k |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc 0.90% of their portfolio | 207.1k $20.1m | Added +147 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.04% of their portfolio | 199.2k $19.3m | Added +144.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 189.5k $18.4m | Added +17.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 179.4k $17.4m | Added +13.2k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.08% of their portfolio | 177.3k $17.2m | Reduced -25.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 172.1k $16.7m | Added +1.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 171.7k $16.7m | Added +13.5k |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 171.7k $16.7m | Added +15.9k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 171.0k $16.6m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Swedbank AB 0.02% of their portfolio | 170.8k $16.6m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 161.6k $15.7m | Reduced -11.5k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 157.6k $15.3m | New |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.03% of their portfolio | 157.3k $15.5m | Added +64.0k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.30% of their portfolio | 156.5k $15.2m | Added +2.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 144.7k $14.0m | Added +1.8k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 139.3k $13.4m | Reduced -19.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 138.8k $13.5m | Reduced -422 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 130.1k $12.6m | Added +9.0k |
| Degroof Petercam Asset Management 0.15% of their portfolio | 125.6k $12.2m | Reduced -8.0k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.03% of their portfolio | 124.4k $12.1m | Reduced -184.9k |
| WealthPlan Investment Management, LLC 1.84% of their portfolio | 124.0k $12.0m | Reduced -2.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.7k $11.6m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.3k $11.5m | Reduced -977 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 118.0k $11.5m | Reduced -6.7k |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 116.7k $11.3m | Unchanged |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.7k $10.9m | Reduced -28.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 112.7k $10.9m | Added +22.1k |
| Verity & Verity, LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 112.5k $10.9m | Reduced -5.4k |
| MOUNTAIN PACIFIC INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 109.6k $10.6m | Reduced -664 |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 109.5k $10.6m | Reduced -1.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.3k $10.4m | Reduced -4.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.1k $10.4m | Reduced -3.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.8k $10.4m | Added +131 |
| BOKF, NA 0.18% of their portfolio | 104.7k $10.0m | Reduced -5.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 103.4k $10.0m | Added +2.6k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.4k $9.9m | Added +16.2k |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 102.1k $9.9m | Added +7.4k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.11% of their portfolio | 99.9k $9.7m | Unchanged |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.6k $9.7m | Reduced -348 |
| VALUE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CO. LLC 1.70% of their portfolio | 98.8k $9.6m | Unchanged |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 90.9k $8.8m | Added +21.6k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.1k $8.6m | Reduced -2.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.0k $8.6m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Willis Investment Counsel 0.58% of their portfolio | 86.7k $8.4m | Added +25.6k |
| NewSquare Capital LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 86.5k $8.3m | Added +2.0k |
| LGT Group Foundation 0.19% of their portfolio | 83.1k $8.1m | Reduced -311 |
| MEEDER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.50% of their portfolio | 81.5k $7.9m | Added +6.7k |
| Eliot Finkel Investment Counsel, LLC 4.88% of their portfolio | 77.8k $7.6m | Reduced -1.6k |
| WealthPLAN Partners, LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 74.0k $7.2m | Reduced -22.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.9k $7.2m | Added +4.5k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.03% of their portfolio | 73.1k $7.1m | Reduced -7.8k |
| Martin Capital Partners, LLC 2.71% of their portfolio | 72.8k $7.1m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Biechele Royce Advisors 2.34% of their portfolio | 72.7k $7.1m | Reduced -9.9k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 72.4k $7.0m | Reduced -370 |
| Vestcor Inc 0.23% of their portfolio | 70.6k $6.8m | Added +56.1k |
| LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE 1.29% of their portfolio | 70.1k $6.8m | Added +486 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.9k $6.6m | Reduced -200 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.5k $6.2m | Added +17.8k |