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Erik Gershwind sold $179k of MSM

Chief Executive Officer at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC. 2,000 shares at an average of $89.39, traded Jul 3, 2025, filed Jul 7, 2025.

Warning score
37
Value
$179k
2,000 shares
Holdings after
1,536,935
-0% from before
From 52-week low
+30%
low $66.15, close $85.88
From 52-week high
-0%
high $86.22, as of Jul 3, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $179k at market
    +12
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 0.1% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    3 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

MSMOct 9, 2026 · close 129.51
Since filing Jul 7, 2025: +51.8%SPY +27.1% · excess +24.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001003078-25-000079, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jul 2, 2025MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value
+80,071$83.21$6.7M1,538,935Jul 7, 2025
Jul 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value
-2,000$89.39$179k1,536,935Jul 7, 2025
Jul 2, 2025MOption exercise
Options (right to buy)derivative
-80,071$0.00$00Jul 7, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
48Moderate
MSMbuy 2
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Mitchell Jacobson
director, owner
$1.9M
22,870 shares
+1%
52Moderate
MSMbuy 2
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Philip Peller
director
$601k
6,666 shares
+232%
51Moderate
MSMbuy 2
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Mitchell Jacobson
director, owner
$15M
181,806 shares
+9%
12Weak
MSMsell 310b5-1
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Kimberly Shacklett
SVP, Sales & Customer Success
$196k
2,130 shares
-13%
12Weak
MSMsell 310b5-1
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Kimberly Shacklett
SVP, Sales & Customer Success
$193k
2,129 shares
-13%
52Moderate
MSMsell 3
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Philip Peller
director
$180k
2,000 shares
-41%
57Moderate
MSMbuy
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Mitchell Jacobson
director, owner
$11M
159,193 shares
+9%
37Weak
MSMsell 2
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Philip Peller
director
$80k
900 shares
-18%
58Moderate
MSMsell 2
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
Erik Gershwind
Chief Executive Officer
$4.5M
50,000 shares
-3%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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