MSC Industrial Direct Co (MSC Industrial Direct Co) Change in Organic Revenue % : -0.10% (As of Feb. 2017)

MSC Industrial Direct Co Change in Organic Revenue % Chart

Competitive Comparison of MSC Industrial Direct Co's Change in Organic Revenue %

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, MSC Industrial Direct Co's Change in Organic Revenue %, along with its competitors' market caps and Change in Organic Revenue % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

MSC Industrial Direct Co  (NYSE:MSM) Change in Organic Revenue % Explanation

Organic revenue is the product of the internal processes of a company and are generated solely within the firm minus cost of goods sold (COGS). It’s similar to the gross income. Organic revenue provides management and investors with the level of revenue that was generated from the sale of a company's products and services.

If the change in organic revenue is positive, then the company generates increases in organic revenue, which is typically referred to as organic growth. Once an acquisition is fully integrated into a company's existing operations, sales from the acquired unit or business would then be counted as organic sales.

Organic revenue is important because it doesn't include taxes and other one-off items that may skew a company's profit in a given year. The changing of the organic revenue also reflects the company’s core business profitability is increasing, especially when an acquisition happened. It is a more reliable index than gross income at that time because the performance of newly acquired businesses may change in the future.

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