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 ($8.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 55.8m as of 2025-12-19, 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 ≈ $83.78. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($42.3m notional), 11 hold puts ($81.7m).
Trends to Q4 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 |
| Q4 2025 | 418 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q4 2025 | 200 | 199 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $13.1m | $88.9m | 6.78 |
| Q2 2025 | $26.5m | $45.1m | 1.70 |
| Q3 2025 | $11.7m | $2.4m | 0.21 |
| Q4 2025 | $42.3m | $81.7m | 1.93 |
Biggest buyers
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +2.0m |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | Added | +422.1k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP | Added | +287.0k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | +254.2k |
| SG Capital Management LLC | Added | +227.5k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Added | +203.8k |
| Interval Partners, LP | New | +189.2k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | Added | +161.1k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +152.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +149.3k |
Biggest sellers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -545.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -314.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -245.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -233.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -219.8k |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP | Reduced | -190.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -113.2k |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD | Reduced | -112.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -102.0k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | Reduced | -95.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $12.6m149.6k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $8.2m97.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $5.2m62.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $5.2m61.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $4.9m57.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $4.2m50.1k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $1.5m17.4k shares |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | New | $420.5k5.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $176.6k2.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $33.6k400 shares |
Biggest puts
| SG Capital Management LLC | New | $42.0m500.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $12.7m150.6k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $8.2m97.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.7m56.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $4.5m53.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $4.3m51.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $4.2m50.0k shares |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | New | $420.5k5.0k shares |
| Total Wealth Planning & Management, Inc. | First filing | $370.0k4.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $117.7k1.4k 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 Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q4 2025 | 2 | $18.0m | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Bought | $1.9m22.9k shares |
| 2025-11-13 | PELLER PHILIP Director | Bought | $600.9k6.7k shares |
| 2025-11-03 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Bought | $4.4m52.0k shares |
| 2025-10-31 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Bought | $2.9m34.1k shares |
| 2025-10-30 | JACOBSON MITCHELL Director | Bought | $8.1m95.8k 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, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.3m $449.3m | Added +79.6k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.2m $354.8m | Reduced -233.1k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.51% of their portfolio | 3.6m $302.1m | Added +2.0m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.8m $238.2m | Added +149.3k |
| Boston Partners 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.7m $145.8m | Reduced -31.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $143.6m | Reduced -27.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $135.2m | Reduced -10.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.5m $123.3m | Reduced -44.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $113.0m | Added +20.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $105.9m | Added +12.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $88.8m | Added +22.6k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 988.7k $83.2m | Reduced -219.8k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.47% of their portfolio | 978.9k $82.3m | Reduced -35.8k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 706.1k $59.4m | Not comparable |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 670.3k $56.4m | Added +9.1k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.41% of their portfolio | 621.9k $52.3m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.31% of their portfolio | 619.6k $52.1m | Added +422.1k |
| SG Capital Management LLC 5.42% of their portfolio | 588.5k $49.5m | Added +227.5k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 582.4k $50.1m | Added +71.1k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 1.92% of their portfolio | 565.2k $47.5m | Unchanged |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 559.1k $47.0m | Added +161.1k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.35% of their portfolio | 552.2k $46.4m | Reduced -40.3k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 0.79% of their portfolio | 493.7k $41.5m | Reduced -51.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 492.1k $41.4m | Reduced -102.0k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 444.7k $37.4m | Unchanged |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 425.5k $35.8m | Reduced -245.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.36% of their portfolio | 420.8k $35.4m | Added +31.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 395.1k $33.2m | Reduced -84.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 394.6k $33.2m | Reduced -17.1k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 392.9k $33.0m | Added +20.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 389.6k $32.8m | Added +4.3k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.53% of their portfolio | 381.6k $32.1m | Added +5.5k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 375.0k $31.5m | Added +203.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 361.2k $30.4m | Added +51.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 352.5k $29.6m | Added +52.1k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.25% of their portfolio | 349.3k $29.4m | Added +9.2k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 319.0k $26.8m | Added +46.7k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.03% of their portfolio | 307.5k $25.9m | Added +112.3k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 294.8k $4.9m | Added +287.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 290.6k $24.4m | Added +16.1k |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc 0.77% of their portfolio | 281.5k $23.7m | Added +521 |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 279.1k $23.5m | Unchanged |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 262.9k $22.1m | Reduced -314.1k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.83% of their portfolio | 254.2k $21.4m | New |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 253.2k $21.3m | Added +69.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 222.1k $18.7m | Reduced -1.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 217.4k $18.3m | Added +1.9k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 204.6k $17.2m | Reduced -7.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 201.3k $16.9m | Reduced -4.1k |
| Interval Partners, LP 0.37% of their portfolio | 189.2k $15.9m | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 185.2k $15.6m | Added +152.4k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 171.9k $14.5m | Added +143.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 165.2k $13.9m | Added +60.4k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.03% of their portfolio | 156.1k $15.9m | Unchanged |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 145.1k $12.2m | Added +3.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 142.8k $12.0m | Reduced -9.9k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.28% of their portfolio | 140.0k $11.8m | Added +100.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.9k $10.6m | Added +41.7k |
| CONGRUENCE CAPITAL, LLC 3.69% of their portfolio | 119.4k $10.0m | First filing |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 119.3k $10.0m | Added +24.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.9k $10.0m | Reduced -18.9k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 113.7k $9.6m | Reduced -17.1k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 113.3k $9.5m | Added +236 |
| TECTONIC ADVISORS LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 109.7k $9.2m | Added +8.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.4k $8.3m | Reduced -3.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.1k $8.2m | Reduced -6.6k |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 94.5k $8.0m | Unchanged |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.2k $7.9m | Added +5.7k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 93.8k $7.9m | Reduced -4.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.9k $7.4m | Added +1.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.1k $7.3m | Reduced -1.8k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.02% of their portfolio | 85.6k $7.2m | Added +61.7k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.8k $6.9m | Added +2.8k |
| VALUE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CO. LLC 1.14% of their portfolio | 80.8k $6.8m | Reduced -16.0k |
| WealthPlan Investment Management, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 76.3k $6.4m | Reduced -59.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.1k $6.2m | Reduced -17.3k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.8k $6.2m | Added +36.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 71.2k $6.0m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 67.7k $5.7m | Reduced -24.6k |
| NewSquare Capital LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 65.6k $5.5m | Reduced -26.4k |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 0.63% of their portfolio | 62.6k $5.3m | Reduced -112.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 62.0k $5.2m | Reduced -113.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.9k $5.2m | Reduced -787 |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 60.1k $5.1m | New |
| BUTENSKY & COHEN FINANCIAL SECURITY, INC 1.35% of their portfolio | 59.1k $5.0m | Added +1.4k |
| Altrius Capital Management Inc 1.05% of their portfolio | 58.9k $5.0m | Added +1.4k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.9k $4.6m | Reduced -294 |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.4k $4.6m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Arjuna Capital 1.11% of their portfolio | 54.1k $4.6m | Added +7.7k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.5k $4.5m | Reduced -1.7k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.4k $4.2m | Added +147 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.2k $4.1m | Reduced -6.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.6k $4.1m | Reduced -545.5k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.1k $4.0m | Unchanged |
| Atom Investors LP 0.30% of their portfolio | 45.3k $3.8m | Added +12.4k |
| VALLEY WEALTH MANAGERS, INC. 0.24% of their portfolio | 44.4k $3.7m | Added +1.1k |
| LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE 1.10% of their portfolio | 44.1k $3.7m | Reduced -31.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.2k $3.5m | Added +612 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.9k $3.5m | Added +3.2k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.4k $3.5m | Added +26.6k |