Both in Wholesale Trade

MSC Industrial Direct Co. vs Pool

Over the past year MSM returned +34.3% and POOL returned −15.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.07.

MSM +34.3% POOL −15.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMSMPOOL
Price$116.06$219.26
Market cap$6.48B$7.83B
Today−3.52%+5.79%
1 month−10.9%+38.6%
6 months+10.5%+16.6%
Year to date+38.0%−4.1%
1 year+36.9%−15.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.3%+3.7%
Gross margin40.6%29.0%
Net margin4.4%8.2%
P/E (TTM)29.1×19.8×
Price / sales1.6×1.4×
Net cash-$411.9M-$1.06B
Dividend yield3.00%2.37%
Volatility (60d)42.9%43.6%
Short % of float4.7%10.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).