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 ($6.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 55.8m as of 2025-10-02, 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 ≈ $92.11. Options: 9 managers hold calls ($11.7m notional), 7 hold puts ($2.4m).
Trends to Q3 2025
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 |
| Q4 2024 | 383 |
| Q1 2025 | 383 |
| Q2 2025 | 386 |
| Q3 2025 | 423 |
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 2023 | 202 | 203 |
| Q1 2024 | 214 | 239 |
| Q2 2024 | 192 | 253 |
| Q3 2024 | 199 | 219 |
| Q4 2024 | 172 | 226 |
| Q1 2025 | 200 | 165 |
| Q2 2025 | 188 | 183 |
| Q3 2025 | 211 | 163 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $15.8m | $10.7m | 0.68 |
| Q1 2025 | $13.1m | $88.9m | 6.78 |
| Q2 2025 | $26.5m | $45.1m | 1.70 |
| Q3 2025 | $11.7m | $2.4m | 0.21 |
Biggest buyers
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +596.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +326.6k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +246.8k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +234.2k |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP | Added | +154.2k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | Added | +128.8k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | +128.2k |
| SG Capital Management LLC | Added | +123.7k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | +108.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | +104.7k |
Biggest sellers
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -434.8k |
| Interval Partners, LP | Sold out | -355.6k |
| Auto-Owners Insurance Co | Reduced | -319.5k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC | Reduced | -230.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -206.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Sold out | -129.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -128.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -108.6k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -104.3k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.3m46.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.9m31.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $1.7m18.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.3m13.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $746.0k8.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $322.5k3.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $263.4k2.9k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Reduced | $184.3k2.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $101.4k1.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $746.3k8.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $691.0k7.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $396.2k4.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $354.3k3.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $184.3k2.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $27.0k300 shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $9.2k100 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 2025
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 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 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $4.6m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 2 | $11.1m | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $747.6k | $388.8k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-10 | Shacklett Kimberly SVP, Sales & Customer Success | Sold plan | $196.0k2.1k shares |
| 2025-07-09 | Shacklett Kimberly SVP, Sales & Customer Success | Sold plan | $192.9k2.1k shares |
| 2025-07-03 | PELLER PHILIP Director | Sold | $180.0k2.0k shares |
| 2025-07-03 | GERSHWIND ERIK Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $178.8k2.0k 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 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.3m $484.9m | Added +40.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.5m $410.2m | Reduced -32.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.7m $247.2m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Boston Partners 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.8m $162.6m | Added +36.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.7m $159.8m | Reduced -1.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $149.1m | Reduced -3.1k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.50% of their portfolio | 1.6m $148.2m | Added +596.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.5m $139.3m | Reduced -206.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $121.8m | Added +15.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $114.9m | Added +19.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $111.4m | Reduced -65.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $95.2m | Added +31.4k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.51% of their portfolio | 1.0m $93.5m | Added +11.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 671.3k $61.9m | Reduced -108.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 661.2k $60.9m | Reduced -128.4k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.63% of their portfolio | 625.0k $57.6m | Reduced -2.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 594.0k $54.7m | Reduced -434.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 594.0k $54.7m | Reduced -51.3k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.40% of their portfolio | 592.5k $54.6m | Reduced -9.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 577.0k $53.2m | Added +326.6k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 1.93% of their portfolio | 565.2k $52.1m | Unchanged |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 1.01% of their portfolio | 545.4k $50.3m | Reduced -72.3k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 511.3k $47.1m | Added +2.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 479.2k $44.2m | Added +246.8k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 444.7k $41.0m | Reduced -17.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 411.7k $37.9m | Added +2.5k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 398.0k $36.7m | Added +128.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.36% of their portfolio | 389.5k $35.9m | Reduced -76.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 385.3k $35.5m | Added +22.6k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.57% of their portfolio | 376.1k $34.7m | Reduced -23.6k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 372.2k $34.3m | Reduced -948 |
| SG Capital Management LLC 3.33% of their portfolio | 361.0k $33.3m | Added +123.7k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.28% of their portfolio | 340.1k $31.3m | Added +8.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 309.6k $28.5m | Reduced -8.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 300.3k $27.7m | Added +234.2k |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc 0.86% of their portfolio | 281.0k $25.9m | Added +947 |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 279.1k $25.7m | Added +25.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 274.5k $25.0m | Reduced -63.0k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 272.3k $25.1m | Reduced -10.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 223.6k $20.6m | Reduced -6.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 215.5k $19.9m | Reduced -7.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 211.9k $19.5m | Reduced -13.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 205.4k $18.9m | Reduced -8.8k |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP 0.90% of their portfolio | 205.0k $18.9m | Added +154.2k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.13% of their portfolio | 197.5k $18.2m | Unchanged |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 195.2k $18.0m | Added +108.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 183.7k $16.9m | Added +52.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 175.2k $16.1m | Reduced -62.4k |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 1.29% of their portfolio | 174.7k $16.1m | Reduced -14.9k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 171.2k $15.8m | Added +56.6k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.1k $14.1m | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 152.6k $14.1m | Reduced -9.7k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 141.4k $13.0m | Reduced -13.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.8k $12.7m | Reduced -56.0k |
| WealthPlan Investment Management, LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 135.7k $12.5m | Reduced -6.3k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 130.8k $12.0m | Reduced -38.1k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 128.2k $11.8m | New |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 113.1k $10.4m | Reduced -3.8k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 108.2k $10.0m | Added +93.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 104.7k $9.7m | New |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 103.7k $9.6m | Reduced -16.8k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.10% of their portfolio | 102.9k $9.5m | Added +3.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.4k $9.3m | Added +345 |
| TECTONIC ADVISORS LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 101.0k $9.3m | Added +8.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.02% of their portfolio | 98.5k $9.1m | Added +7.9k |
| VALUE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CO. LLC 1.43% of their portfolio | 96.8k $8.9m | Unchanged |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 94.8k $8.7m | Added +674 |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 94.5k $8.7m | Unchanged |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.14% of their portfolio | 92.3k $8.5m | Added +675 |
| NewSquare Capital LLC 0.57% of their portfolio | 92.0k $8.5m | Reduced -786 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.3k $8.4m | Reduced -10.2k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.9k $8.2m | Added +4.6k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.5k $8.2m | Added +5.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.3k $8.0m | Added +1.2k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.3k $7.8m | Added +18.3k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.1k $7.3m | Reduced -4.8k |
| LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE 1.28% of their portfolio | 76.0k $7.0m | Reduced -47 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.3k $6.8m | Reduced -16.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 62.7k $5.8m | Added +100 |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 62.7k $5.8m | Reduced -21 |
| BUTENSKY & COHEN FINANCIAL SECURITY, INC 1.48% of their portfolio | 57.7k $5.3m | Added +635 |
| Altrius Capital Management Inc 1.21% of their portfolio | 57.5k $5.3m | Added +382 |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 57.1k $5.3m | Added +614 |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 56.0k $5.2m | New |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.4k $5.1m | Added +1.1k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 55.2k $5.1m | Added +715 |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.1k $5.1m | Reduced -9.1k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.3k $4.6m | Added +1.0k |
| Synergy Asset Management, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 48.6k $4.1m | Added +24.3k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.9k $4.4m | Added +39.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.1k $4.3m | Reduced -547 |
| Arjuna Capital 1.06% of their portfolio | 46.4k $4.3m | New |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 43.8k $4.0m | Reduced -2.4k |
| VALLEY WEALTH MANAGERS, INC. 0.26% of their portfolio | 43.3k $4.0m | Added +690 |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.15% of their portfolio | 43.0k $4.0m | New |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.6k $3.9m | Added +2.0k |
| WealthPLAN Partners, LLC 0.58% of their portfolio | 41.9k $3.9m | Reduced -2.3k |
| Orion Porfolio Solutions, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 41.8k $3.9m | Added +1.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.6k $3.8m | Added +2 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.6k $3.7m | Reduced -32.1k |