MSC Industrial Direct Company Inc (MSM)
Cash conversion cycle
| Aug 31, 2025 | May 31, 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 | Nov 30, 2024 | Aug 31, 2024 | Jun 1, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | Mar 2, 2024 | Feb 29, 2024 | Dec 2, 2023 | Nov 30, 2023 | Sep 2, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | Jun 3, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | Mar 4, 2023 | Feb 28, 2023 | Dec 3, 2022 | Nov 30, 2022 | Sep 3, 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of inventory on hand (DOH) | days | 105.26 | 107.13 | 105.92 | 102.14 | 103.19 | 107.40 | 107.50 | 111.58 | 100.38 | 101.08 | 99.31 | 99.25 | 108.88 | 111.26 | 113.49 | 120.07 | 109.51 | 105.19 | 106.60 | 105.41 |
| Days of sales outstanding (DSO) | days | 40.99 | 40.03 | 38.46 | 38.77 | 39.18 | 40.09 | 40.41 | 41.55 | 40.64 | 38.27 | 37.27 | 38.23 | 38.76 | — | 40.81 | — | 38.66 | — | 63.14 | 63.36 |
| Number of days of payables | days | 36.80 | 35.14 | 34.99 | 33.48 | 33.00 | 33.18 | 33.21 | 33.88 | 30.48 | 26.93 | 26.46 | 30.91 | 33.91 | 32.12 | 32.77 | 33.34 | 30.41 | 30.82 | 31.23 | 32.02 |
| Cash conversion cycle | days | 109.46 | 112.02 | 109.39 | 107.43 | 109.37 | 114.31 | 114.70 | 119.24 | 110.53 | 112.43 | 110.13 | 106.56 | 113.73 | 79.14 | 121.53 | 86.73 | 117.76 | 74.38 | 138.51 | 136.75 |
August 31, 2025 calculation
Cash conversion cycle = DOH + DSO – Number of days of payables
= 105.26 + 40.99 – 36.80
= 109.46
Peer comparison
Aug 31, 2025
Company name
Symbol
Cash conversion cycle
MSC Industrial Direct Company Inc
MSM
109.46
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171.28
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82.36
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95.15