Both in Wholesale Trade

Pool vs MSC Industrial Direct Co.

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

POOL −15.0% MSM +34.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPOOLMSM
Price$219.26$116.06
Market cap$7.83B$6.48B
Today+5.79%−3.52%
1 month+38.6%−10.9%
6 months+16.6%+10.5%
Year to date−4.1%+38.0%
1 year−15.5%+36.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.7%+10.3%
Gross margin29.0%40.6%
Net margin8.2%4.4%
P/E (TTM)19.8×29.1×
Price / sales1.4×1.6×
Net cash-$1.06B-$411.9M
Dividend yield2.37%3.00%
Volatility (60d)43.6%42.9%
Short % of float10.2%4.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).