MSC Industrial Sets Q4 Results Call With Sales Outlook of 6.5% to 8.5%

MSC Industrial Supply Co. plans to release its fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter and full-year results on Thursday, Oct. 22, and discuss them at 8:30 a.m. ET (12:30 UTC). The results will give investors an update against the industrial distributor’s targets for sales growth and operating margin.

For the fourth quarter, MSC’s outlook calls for average daily sales growth of 6.5% to 8.5% year over year and an adjusted operating margin of 10.0% to 10.8%. The company did not set a fourth-quarter earnings-per-share target. Analyst estimates put revenue near $1.07 billion, while earnings-per-share estimates range from $1.40 to $1.41.

MSC’s fiscal 2026 is a 52-week year that began Aug. 31, 2025, and ended Aug. 29, 2026. MSC projected fiscal 2026 capital expenditures of about $90 million, depreciation and amortization of about $100 million, and interest and other expense of about $30 million. The company also projected free-cash-flow conversion of roughly 95% and a tax rate of 24.5% to 25.5%.

In the third quarter, which ended May 30, net sales increased 7.8% year over year to $1.0471 billion. Adjusted operating margin was 10.6%, and adjusted diluted earnings per share were $1.43. MSC distributes metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations products, along with production fasteners and hardware.

“Average daily sales exceeded the high-end of our outlook with year-over-year improvement of 7.8% driven by benefits from price and volumes returning to growth in the quarter,” Greg Clark, MSC’s vice president and interim CFO, said.