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 ($3.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 55.9m as of 2024-10-04, 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 ≈ $86.05. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($54.4m notional), 8 hold puts ($9.5m).
Trends to Q3 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 |
| Q2 2024 | 416 |
| Q3 2024 | 411 |
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 |
| Q2 2024 | 192 | 253 |
| Q3 2024 | 199 | 219 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $19.3m | $5.4m | 0.28 |
| Q1 2024 | $9.3m | $8.4m | 0.91 |
| Q2 2024 | $6.4m | $11.6m | 1.82 |
| Q3 2024 | $54.4m | $9.5m | 0.18 |
Biggest buyers
| Boston Partners | New | +1.3m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +670.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +491.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +276.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +270.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +261.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +191.2k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +141.4k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC | Added | +132.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +113.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -289.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -203.0k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Sold out | -197.4k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -188.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -163.8k |
| Verity & Verity, LLC | Sold out | -125.4k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Reduced | -117.2k |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC | Reduced | -107.4k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -107.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -105.8k |
Biggest calls
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP | New | $31.6m367.7k shares |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. | New | $8.6m100.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.1m47.4k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $3.6m42.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.7m31.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.2m26.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $714.1k8.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $688.5k8.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $34.4k400 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $2.8m33.1k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $2.5m29.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.3m15.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.2m14.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $705.7k8.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $636.0k7.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $278.7k3.2k 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.4k | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $415.6k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-22 | Kaufmann Michael C Director | Sold | $2.3k28 shares |
| 2024-07-17 | Shacklett Kimberly SVP, Sales & Customer Success | Sold | $413.3k4.9k 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 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.4m $465.4m | First filing |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.6m $393.5m | Reduced -32.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 3.2m $277.5m | Added +491.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $134.9m | Added +113.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.5m $132.4m | Added +670.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $119.7m | Added +1.3k |
| Boston Partners 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.3m $115.1m | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $103.2m | Added +276.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $90.9m | Reduced -29.0k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.38% of their portfolio | 992.9k $85.4m | Added +68.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 976.8k $84.1m | Added +37.8k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.17% of their portfolio | 918.2k $79.0m | Added +91.4k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 794.0k $68.3m | Reduced -56.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 723.1k $62.2m | Reduced -42.5k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.52% of their portfolio | 715.1k $61.5m | Reduced -8.6k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 1.04% of their portfolio | 641.8k $55.2m | Added +35.1k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 1.82% of their portfolio | 565.2k $48.6m | Unchanged |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.19% of their portfolio | 562.0k $48.4m | Reduced -10.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 530.6k $45.7m | Reduced -289.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 517.5k $44.5m | Reduced -163.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 517.3k $44.5m | Added +70.6k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.31% of their portfolio | 512.8k $44.1m | Reduced -13.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 499.4k $43.0m | Added +270.2k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 461.9k $39.8m | Added +30 |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 432.1k $37.2m | Reduced -117.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 404.5k $34.8m | Added +261.1k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.57% of their portfolio | 389.9k $33.6m | Added +30.8k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 1.41% of their portfolio | 361.8k $31.1m | Added +11.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 346.9k $29.9m | Reduced -20.0k |
| Auto-Owners Insurance Co 0.73% of their portfolio | 346.0k $29.8m | Unchanged |
| HENNESSY ADVISORS INC 0.91% of their portfolio | 329.1k $28.3m | Added +41.0k |
| Paradice Investment Management LLC 4.25% of their portfolio | 283.9k $24.4m | Added +5.2k |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc 0.97% of their portfolio | 274.1k $23.6m | Added +1.5k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.23% of their portfolio | 264.3k $22.7m | Added +8.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 252.3k $21.7m | Added +191.2k |
| MILLER HOWARD INVESTMENTS INC /NY 0.66% of their portfolio | 249.8k $21.5m | Added +39.9k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.19% of their portfolio | 241.1k $20.7m | Added +28.4k |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 1.15% of their portfolio | 240.0k $20.7m | Reduced -200 |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 239.9k $20.6m | Added +49.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 231.1k $19.9m | Added +32.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 229.5k $19.7m | Added +24.2k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 229.1k $19.7m | Added +500 |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 220.7k $19.0m | Added +10.8k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 209.4k $18.0m | Added +112.5k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 200.9k $17.3m | Added +27.3k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 187.5k $16.1m | Added +132.2k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.03% of their portfolio | 175.1k $15.1m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Swedbank AB 0.02% of their portfolio | 170.8k $14.7m | Unchanged |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 167.7k $14.4m | Reduced -15.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 165.7k $14.3m | Added +101.7k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 163.5k $14.1m | Reduced -41.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 162.0k $13.9m | Reduced -105.8k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 159.4k $13.7m | Reduced -7.8k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.1k $13.5m | Reduced -18.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.2k $13.3m | Reduced -6.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.1k $13.3m | Added +34.4k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 152.9k $13.2m | Reduced -188.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.8k $12.5m | Added +66.4k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 141.4k $12.2m | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 139.6k $12.0m | Reduced -2.3k |
| WealthPlan Investment Management, LLC 1.07% of their portfolio | 122.3k $10.5m | Reduced -799 |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 119.0k $10.4m | Added +39.2k |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 116.7k $10.0m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.1k $9.9m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Medina Value Partners, LLC 3.45% of their portfolio | 106.9k $9.2m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.1k $9.0m | Reduced -47.8k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.6k $8.8m | Reduced -4.0k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.09% of their portfolio | 100.1k $8.6m | Added +205 |
| VALUE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CO. LLC 1.49% of their portfolio | 98.8k $8.5m | Unchanged |
| LGT Group Foundation 0.14% of their portfolio | 98.4k $8.3m | Added +9.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.1k $8.4m | Reduced -6 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 91.9k $7.9m | Added +1.0k |
| NewSquare Capital LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 89.7k $7.6m | Reduced -1.4k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 88.5k $7.6m | Reduced -22.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.7k $7.5m | Reduced -900 |
| Willis Investment Counsel 0.49% of their portfolio | 87.5k $7.5m | Added +1.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.1k $7.0m | Reduced -13.9k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 80.4k $6.9m | Added +19.3k |
| Eliot Finkel Investment Counsel, LLC 4.06% of their portfolio | 76.9k $6.6m | Reduced -890 |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.03% of their portfolio | 74.9k $6.4m | Added +1.1k |
| LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE 1.14% of their portfolio | 72.6k $6.3m | Added +1.6k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 71.8k $6.2m | Added +56.4k |
| Vestcor Inc 0.17% of their portfolio | 63.3k $5.5m | Reduced -2.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 62.9k $5.4m | Reduced -4.8k |
| TECTONIC ADVISORS LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 62.3k $5.4m | Added +13.3k |
| WealthPLAN Partners, LLC 0.71% of their portfolio | 61.5k $5.3m | Reduced -1.4k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.02% of their portfolio | 60.5k $5.2m | Added +38.4k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 59.1k $5.1m | Reduced -52.5k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 58.9k $4.8m | Added +9.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 57.2k $4.9m | Reduced -69.0k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.6k $4.7m | Added +7.1k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 54.5k $4.7m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Altrius Capital Management Inc 1.16% of their portfolio | 54.0k $4.6m | New |
| Martin Capital Partners, LLC 2.29% of their portfolio | 53.8k $4.6m | Reduced -18.0k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 53.1k $4.6m | Reduced -4.6k |
| BUTENSKY & COHEN FINANCIAL SECURITY, INC 1.35% of their portfolio | 52.7k $4.5m | Added +1.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.1k $4.5m | Added +3.8k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.9k $4.5m | Reduced -12.2k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.2k $4.1m | Reduced -4.4k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.5k $4.0m | Added +1.3k |