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Alta Equipment vs MSC Industrial Direct

ALTG and MSM side by side, both in wholesale trade-durable goods. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How ALTG and MSM compare

MSC Industrial Direct is the larger company, worth 38 times as much as Alta Equipment ($6.8B against $179M).

MSC Industrial Direct grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.4% versus −0.68% for Alta Equipment).

MSC Industrial Direct keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.6% compared with −2.8% at Alta Equipment.

MSC Industrial Direct pays a dividend yielding 2.9%; Alta Equipment does not pay one.

MSC Industrial Direct scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 6 for Alta Equipment), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricALTGMSM
Size and price
Market cap$179M$6.8B
Share price$5.49$120.87
Change, 1 year9.6%36.8%
Change, 5 years−67.4%44.1%
Beta (5Y)1.590.79
Employees2,7507,028
StockData Score
Total score613 (better)
Valuation score4 (better)0
Growth score12 (better)
Performance score04 (better)
Health score16 (better)
Dividend score01 (better)
Valuation
P/E–30.4×
P/S0.1× (better)1.7×
P/B–4.7×
EV/EBITDA4.4× (better)17.0×
P/FCF2.1× (better)30.0×
FCF yield46.9% (better)3.3%
Fair value$23.90$77.53
Margin of safety77.0% (better)−55.9%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)−0.68%6.4% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average16.0% (better)4.3%
Net income growth (TTM)–11.7%
EPS growth (TTM)–11.5%
EPS growth, 5Y average–0.56%
Profitability
Gross margin25.9%40.9% (better)
Operating margin1.0%8.0% (better)
Net margin−2.8%5.6% (better)
FCF margin4.6%5.6% (better)
Return on equity–15.8%
Return on invested capital3.2%13.2% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity–0.33
Net debt / EBITDA3.190.98 (better)
Interest coverage0.2×14.8× (better)
Current ratio1.351.78 (better)
Altman Z-score1.396.29 (better)
Piotroski F-score58 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.00%2.9% (better)
Years of dividend growth0–
Buyback yield–0.21%
Shareholder yield0.00%3.1% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions64.9%83.4%
Held by insiders44.9%10.8%
Insider net buying, 12 months$468K$28.9M (better)
Short interest, % of float3.8%3.9%

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