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MSC Industrial Direct Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $5,038 Mil. MSC Industrial Direct Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was $310 Mil. MSC Industrial Direct Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 6.15%.
The historical rank and industry rank for MSC Industrial Direct Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of MSC Industrial Direct Co was 10.95%. The lowest was 4.35%. And the median was 7.78%.
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. MSC Industrial Direct Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 11.42%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.
The historical data trend for MSC Industrial Direct Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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8.31 | 5.53 | 8.92 | 7.78 | 7.16 |
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6.92 | 7.55 | 7.16 | 6.36 | 6.15 |
For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, MSC Industrial Direct Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, MSC Industrial Direct Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MSC Industrial Direct Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
MSC Industrial Direct Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) | = | EBIT | / | Enterprise Value |
= | 368.519 | / | 5145.45048 | |
= | 7.16 % |
MSC Industrial Direct Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $310 Mil.
MSC Industrial Direct Co (NYSE:MSM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation
Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.
Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.
Be Aware
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.
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Mitchell Jacobson | director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 75 MAXESS RD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Philip Peller | director | |
Erik Gershwind | officer: SVP, Product Mgmnt & Marketing | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC, 75 MAXESS ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Kimberly Shacklett | officer: SVP, Sales & Customer Success | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Kristen Actis-grande | officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 75 MAXESS ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Elizabeth Bledsoe | officer: SVP & Chief People Officer | C/O MSC LNDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 75 MAXESS ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Douglas E Jones | officer: EVP, Chief Supply Chain | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 75 MAXESS ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Stacey L. Bennett | 10 percent owner | 410 PARK AVE., SUITE 620, NEW YORK NY 10022 |
Rahquel Purcell | director | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Martina Mcisaac | officer: EVP, Chief Operating Officer | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Steven N Baruch | officer: SVP, STRATEGY & MARKETING | 18232 PENINSULA CLUB, CORNELIUS NC 28031 |
Louise K Goeser | director | C/O PPL CORPORATION, TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101 |
John Hill | officer: SVP, Chief Digital Info Offr. | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Neal Dongre | officer: VP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
Martin Edward F Jr | officer: SVP, Sales & Customer Success | C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 75 MAXESS ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
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