MSC Industrial Direct Co.

MSM • NYSE

MSC Industrial Direct Co. is a industrial - distribution company in the industrials sector on NYSE, led by Erik Gershwind, with a market cap of $4.8B. As of Q3 2025, 83% of shares are held by 418 institutional investors, with BlackRock, Inc. as the largest holder at 9.45%.

Chief Executive OfficerErik Gershwind

Market Cap$4.8B

Industrial - Distribution

Industrials

Employees7.4K

Websitemscdirect.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in MSM as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $5.1B

All Institutions

Institutions: 418
Value Held: $4.3B
Shares Held: 46.4M
Avg Position: $10.2M
Median Position: $614.2K

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 41
Value Held: $304.8M
Shares Held: 3.3M
Avg Position: $7.4M
Median Position: $2.6M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

77.33%

$4.0B

Hedge Funds

5.94%

$304.8M

Retail & Other

16.73%

$858.3M

Based on market cap of $5.1B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in MSM as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$484.9M 0.01% of portfolio	9.45% 5.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$410.2M 0.01% of portfolio	8.00% 4.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
A AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC Institution	-	$247.2M 0.13% of portfolio	4.82% 2.7M shares	Q2 2017 Held for 8y 5m	$195.93B
Robeco Investment Management, Inc. Long Only Manager	Joseph Francis Feeney CEO	$162.6M 0.17% of portfolio	3.17% 1.8M shares	Q3 2024 Held for 1y 2m	$97.8B
SCHWAB CHARLES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC Long Only Manager	Omar Aguilar Chavez CEO	$159.8M 0.03% of portfolio	3.12% 1.7M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$620.51B
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$149.1M 0.01% of portfolio	2.91% 1.6M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. Long Only Manager	Raife Brandon Giovinazzo Managing Partner	$148.2M 0.50% of portfolio	2.89% 1.6M shares	Q2 2024 Held for 1y 5m	$29.4B
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP ETF Provider	James Allen Bowen CEO	$139.3M 0.10% of portfolio	2.71% 1.5M shares	Q1 2014 Held for 11y 8m	$134.11B
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Long Only Manager	David Paul Butler CEO	$121.8M 0.03% of portfolio	2.38% 1.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$466.32B
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	Brian Christopher Hartigan CEO	$114.9M 0.02% of portfolio	2.24% 1.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$633.08B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for MSM in Q3 2025

Traded: −$22.3M
Buyers: 217
Sellers: 159
Total Bought: +$301.5M
Total Sold: −$323.7M
Avg Position: $9.5M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. Long Only Manager	+$55.0M +596.6K shares	$148.2M 1.6M shares
UBS Group AG Institution	+$22.7M +246.8K shares	$44.2M 479.2K shares
FMR LLC Institution	+$21.6M +234.2K shares	$27.7M 300.3K shares
C Concentric Capital Strategies, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$14.2M +154.2K shares	$18.9M 205.0K shares
Quantinno Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Market Neutral	+$11.9M +128.8K shares	$36.7M 398.0K shares
C Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC Institution	+$11.8M +128.2K shares	$11.8M 128.2K shares
SG Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Event Driven	+$11.4M +123.7K shares	$33.3M 361.0K shares
A Allianz Asset Management AG Institution	+$10.0M +108.1K shares	$18.0M 195.2K shares
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$9.7M +104.7K shares	$9.7M 104.7K shares
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC Institution	+$8.7M +93.9K shares	$10.0M 108.2K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
A AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC Institution	−$97.7M −1.1M shares	$247.2M 2.7M shares
Interval Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	−$30.2M −355.6K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP ETF Provider	−$19.0M −206.5K shares	$139.3M 1.5M shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	−$11.8M −128.4K shares	$60.9M 661.2K shares
Marshall Wace LLP Institution	−$11.0M −129.1K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$10.0M −108.6K shares	$61.9M 671.3K shares
Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$9.6M −104.3K shares	$3.7M 40.0K shares
Willis Investment Counsel RIA/Wealth	−$7.2M −77.9K shares	$2.3M 25.5K shares
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC Long Only Manager	−$7.1M −76.9K shares	$3.7M 40.0K shares
R ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LLC Institution	−$7.0M −76.2K shares	$35.9M 389.5K shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited MSM in Q3 2025

New Positions: 25
New Value: $10.4M
Exited Positions: 34
Exited Value: $69.3M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
Arjuna Capital Private Equity	$4.3M 46.4K shares
E Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co Institution	$1.1M 11.9K shares
Morningstar Investment Management LLC Long Only Manager	$936.2K 10.2K shares
Precision Wealth Strategies, LLC RIA/Wealth	$693.9K 7.5K shares
Q Quantedge Capital Pte Ltd Institution	$451.5K 4.9K shares
R Squared Ltd Private Equity	$449.1K 4.9K shares
Point72 Ltd RIA/Wealth	$362.7K 3.9K shares
T TCG Advisory Services, LLC RIA/Wealth	$358.7K 3.9K shares
C Colony Group, LLC Institution	$295.3K 3.2K shares
Catalytic Wealth RIA, LLC RIA/Wealth	$261.1K 2.8K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
Interval Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$30.2M 355.6K shares
Marshall Wace LLP Institution	$11.0M 129.1K shares
JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD Long Only Manager	$6.5M 76.6K shares
T TrueMark Investments, LLC Institution	$5.0M 59.3K shares
VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$4.4M 51.6K shares
T TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND Institution	$2.5M 29.7K shares
C CEERA INVESTMENTS, LLC RIA/Wealth	$1.6M 19.2K shares
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$1.5M 17.7K shares
I Ilex Capital Partners LLP Institution	$1.5M 17.3K shares
SummitTX Capital, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$1.2M 14.0K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in MSM as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 8
Call Value: $9.1M
Put Positions: 10
Put Value: $2.4M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$4.3M 465.0 contracts
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$2.9M 317.0 contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$1.3M 136.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$322.5K 35.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$263.4K 29.0 contracts
P PEAK6 LLC Institution	$92.1K 10.0 contracts
Interval Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	- - contracts
BARCLAYS PLC Institution	- - contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$746.3K 81.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$691.1K 75.0 contracts
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$396.2K 43.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$354.3K 39.0 contracts
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$184.3K 20.0 contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	- - contracts
BARCLAYS PLC Institution	- - contracts
SG Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Event Driven	- - contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	- - contracts
Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	- - contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with MSM as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
TradeLink Capital LLC Hedge Fund•Event Driven	Steven Wesley Wolf CEO	5.06% $609.6K	0.01% 6.6K shares	Q1 2025 Held for 8 months	$12.0M
SG Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Event Driven	Glen Schneider President	3.33% $33.3M	0.65% 361.0K shares	Q1 2025 Held for 8 months	$998.2M
NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC Long Only Manager	David Stephen Morrow President	2.63% $57.6M	1.12% 625.0K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.2B
OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP Institution	Craig Smiddy CEO	1.93% $52.1M	1.02% 565.2K shares	Q3 2019 Held for 6y 2m	$2.7B
SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD Long Only Manager	Arjun Nmn Kumar CEO	1.66% $16.1M	0.31% 174.7K shares	Q3 2017 Held for 8y 2m	$970.6M
B BUTENSKY & COHEN FINANCIAL SECURITY, INC Institution	-	1.48% $5.3M	0.10% 57.7K shares	Q3 2021 Held for 4y 2m	$358.5M
Altrius Capital Management Inc RIA/Wealth	James Michael Russo CEO	1.43% $5.3M	0.10% 57.5K shares	Q3 2024 Held for 1y 2m	$369.9M
V VALUE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CO. LLC Hedge Fund•Value	Timothy Joseph Curro Managing Partner	1.43% $8.9M	0.17% 96.8K shares	Q4 2016 Held for 8y 11m	$623.8M
L LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE RIA/Wealth	Thomas Joseph Sudyka Director	1.33% $7.0M	0.14% 76.0K shares	Q1 2023 Held for 2y 8m	$528.2M
Arjuna Capital Private Equity	Natasha Libbey Lamb CEO	1.06% $4.3M	0.08% 46.4K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$402.0M

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in MSM

CITADEL ADVISORS LLC

Hedge Fund • Multi-Strategy

Portfolio ManagerKenneth Cordele Griffin

Portfolio Value: $122.08B
Positions: 5,531
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in MSC Industrial Direct Co.

Market Value: $9.7M
Shares Held: 104.7K
Portfolio Weight: 0.01%
Owned Since: 2013-Q2

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