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 ($7.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 55.8m as of 2026-03-20, 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 ≈ $92.19. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($2.9m notional), 7 hold puts ($5.5m).
Trends to Q1 2026
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 |
| Q1 2026 | 417 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q1 2026 | 211 | 200 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $26.5m | $45.1m | 1.70 |
| Q3 2025 | $11.7m | $2.4m | 0.21 |
| Q4 2025 | $42.3m | $81.7m | 1.93 |
| Q1 2026 | $2.9m | $5.5m | 1.94 |
Biggest buyers
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +490.1k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +335.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +306.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +303.1k |
| Medina Value Partners, LLC | New | +289.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +233.2k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC | Added | +212.1k |
| LONE PEAK GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC | Added | +166.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | +164.5k |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd | Added | +150.5k |
Biggest sellers
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -1.8m |
| SG Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -501.2k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Sold out | -375.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -314.5k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP | Reduced | -272.1k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | Sold out | -254.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -218.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -197.3k |
| Interval Partners, LP | Sold out | -189.2k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Reduced | -187.6k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.4m15.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $673.6k7.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $562.8k6.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $203.0k2.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. | New | $2.8m30.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $719.7k7.8k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $645.9k7.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $479.8k5.2k shares |
| Total Wealth Planning & Management, Inc. | Added | $424.4k4.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $387.5k4.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $110.7k1.2k 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 2026
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 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 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $156.3k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Seseri Rudina Director | Sold | $156.3k1.8k 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, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.4m $501.3m | Added +90.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.6m $241.1m | Reduced -218.8k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $196.8m | First filing |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $184.7m | First filing |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.55% of their portfolio | 1.8m $164.8m | Reduced -1.8m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.8m $163.6m | Added +306.4k |
| Boston Partners 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.7m $153.2m | Reduced -72.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $130.2m | Reduced -197.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $128.5m | Reduced -314.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.4m $125.2m | Added +14.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $106.2m | Reduced -108.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $102.2m | Added +52.3k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.55% of their portfolio | 976.6k $90.1m | Reduced -2.2k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 932.3k $86.0m | Reduced -56.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 728.6k $67.2m | Added +303.1k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 1.23% of their portfolio | 705.8k $65.1m | Added +212.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 616.2k $56.9m | Reduced -54.1k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.34% of their portfolio | 602.0k $55.5m | Reduced -17.6k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.56% of their portfolio | 578.8k $53.4m | Reduced -43.1k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 563.1k $52.0m | Reduced -19.3k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 531.4k $49.0m | Added +490.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 487.1k $44.9m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.37% of their portfolio | 486.5k $44.9m | Reduced -65.7k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.05% of their portfolio | 472.0k $43.5m | Added +164.5k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 461.8k $42.6m | Reduced -97.2k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 444.6k $41.0m | Reduced -56 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 430.2k $39.7m | Added +35.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 414.0k $38.2m | Added +61.5k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 1.51% of their portfolio | 412.4k $38.1m | Reduced -152.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 398.4k $36.8m | Added +233.2k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.62% of their portfolio | 393.0k $36.3m | Added +11.4k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.35% of their portfolio | 387.3k $35.7m | Reduced -33.4k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 0.24% of their portfolio | 372.5k $34.4m | Added +53.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 364.3k $33.6m | Reduced -30.8k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.29% of their portfolio | 358.7k $33.1m | Added +9.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 352.2k $29.6m | Reduced -37.5k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 335.8k $31.0m | New |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 326.7k $30.1m | Added +47.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 313.9k $28.2m | Added +51.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 306.7k $28.3m | Reduced -54.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 300.2k $27.4m | Added +9.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 300.0k $27.7m | Added +78.0k |
| Medina Value Partners, LLC 5.60% of their portfolio | 289.6k $26.7m | New |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 283.8k $26.2m | First filing |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc 0.82% of their portfolio | 282.3k $26.0m | Added +725 |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 242.0k $22.3m | Reduced -11.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 228.8k $21.1m | Added +24.3k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 209.3k $19.3m | Reduced -8.1k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 205.3k $18.9m | Reduced -187.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 186.7k $17.2m | Reduced -14.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 171.4k $15.8m | Added +139.9k |
| LONE PEAK GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC 2.63% of their portfolio | 171.2k $15.8m | Added +166.3k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 165.8k $15.3m | Reduced -6.1k |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.51% of their portfolio | 158.1k $14.6m | Added +150.5k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.1k $14.3m | Unchanged |
| ARGENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 149.1k $13.8m | New |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 141.9k $13.1m | Reduced -3.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 138.5k $12.8m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 126.2k $11.6m | Reduced -59.0k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 124.0k $11.4m | Added +10.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.0k $11.1m | Added +1.2k |
| TECTONIC ADVISORS LLC 0.57% of their portfolio | 117.2k $10.8m | Added +7.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.4k $10.7m | Added +42.6k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.85% of their portfolio | 110.0k $10.1m | Reduced -30.0k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 108.5k $10.0m | Reduced -4.8k |
| HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP 0.17% of their portfolio | 103.1k $9.6m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.1k $9.4m | Added +3.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.9k $9.3m | Reduced -25.1k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 96.1k $8.9m | Reduced -1.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.3k $8.8m | Added +24.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.5k $8.4m | Reduced -2.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.5k $8.3m | Added +2.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.3k $8.1m | Added +400 |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 87.6k $8.1m | Added +27.5k |
| SG Capital Management LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 87.3k $8.1m | Reduced -501.2k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.8k $7.8m | Added +2.9k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.03% of their portfolio | 79.1k $7.3m | Reduced -6.5k |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP 0.12% of their portfolio | 75.4k $7.0m | Reduced -19.2k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 71.6k $6.6m | Reduced -22.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.4k $6.5m | Reduced -3.7k |
| NewSquare Capital LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 64.2k $5.9m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Altrius Capital Management Inc 1.14% of their portfolio | 62.2k $5.7m | Added +3.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.3k $5.6m | Reduced -1.7k |
| BUTENSKY & COHEN FINANCIAL SECURITY, INC 1.46% of their portfolio | 60.0k $5.5m | Added +888 |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.1k $5.2m | Added +26.7k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 56.1k $5.2m | Added +1.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.1k $5.1m | Added +6.5k |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.06% of their portfolio | 55.1k $5.1m | Added +17.5k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.3k $5.0m | Added +3.8k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.9k $5.0m | Added +396 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.7k $5.0m | Added +11.6k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 53.0k $4.9m | Reduced -1.4k |
| WealthPlan Investment Management, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 51.1k $4.7m | Reduced -25.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.8k $4.7m | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.7k $4.6m | Added +11.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.2k $4.4m | Added +5.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.1k $4.3m | Unchanged |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 46.9k $4.3m | Reduced -20.8k |
| ICON ADVISERS INC/CO 0.99% of their portfolio | 46.4k $4.3m | New |
| VALLEY WEALTH MANAGERS, INC. 0.27% of their portfolio | 45.7k $4.2m | Added +1.2k |