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.	MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
.		09/01/2007	08/26/2006	08/27/2005	08/28/2004	08/30/2003	08/31/2002	09/01/2001	08/26/2000
.	High Price/Earnings Ratio	21.72	26.82	23.45	28.07	27.92	37.74	32.19	29.19
.	Low Price/Earnings Ratio	14.18	15.67	16.28	23.43	22.10	19.83	20.55	9.81
.	Gross Profit Margin (Prof. Margin After CGS)	46.23	46.56	49.10	45.05	44.95	43.60	42.89	38.64
.	Pre-Tax Profit Margin	16.56	16.83	16.52	13.93	9.99	7.58	8.49	11.11
.	Post-Tax Profit Margin	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
.	Net Profit Margin (PM from Total Operations)	10.30	10.35	10.21	8.50	6.17	4.59	4.66	6.68
.	Interest Coverage	23.09	75.48	0.00	0.00	1,803.00	983.20	22.16	17.92
.	Effective Tax Rate	37.77	38.50	38.23	39.00	38.29	39.50	45.06	39.94
.	Quick Ratio	1.22	1.27	1.81	1.81	2.64	2.15	1.69	1.30
.	Current Ratio	3.40	3.45	4.66	4.84	5.50	5.18	5.52	4.78
.	Payout Ratio	24.32	26.64	115.58	24.00	6.36	0.00	0.00	0.00
.	Total Debt to Equity Ratio	0.24	0.31	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16
.	Asset Turnover	1.59	1.59	1.60	1.42	1.43	1.43	1.51	1.45
.	SG&A Expense as % of Revenue	29.00	29.80	29.68	31.37	35.13	36.04	32.83	26.88
.	R&D Expense as % of Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
.	Receivable Turnover	8.52	8.46	9.17	9.25	9.01	8.40	8.81	8.42
.	Inventory Turnover	5.22	4.99	4.83	4.50	4.16	3.63	3.44	3.24
.	Receivables Per Day Sales	42.84	43.13	39.81	39.46	40.49	43.46	41.42	43.35


.	# of Days Cost of Goods Sold in Inventory	74.36	82.44	76.51	85.66	86.88	94.24	99.50	121.43
.	Long-term Debt to Equity Ratio	0.20	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16
.	Total Liabilities as a % of Total Assets	32.31	36.97	18.60	15.24	17.55	15.68	14.68	27.42
.	Revenue per Share	25.24	19.77	16.24	14.32	12.73	11.55	12.54	11.83
.	Book Value per Share	11.02	9.55	7.97	9.05	7.76	7.11	6.89	6.21
.	Tangible Book Value per Share	5.81	4.35	7.02	8.13	6.80	6.17	5.96	5.25
.	Price to Revenue Ratio	2.05	1.95	2.10	2.17	1.71	1.12	1.42	1.41
.	Price to Equity Ratio (Price to Book)	4.70	4.03	4.28	3.43	2.81	1.82	2.58	2.69
.	Working Capital per Share	6.30	5.60	5.10	4.78	5.38	4.48	4.20	4.37
.	Cash Flow per Share	2.47	2.00	1.85	1.00	1.26	1.23	1.31	0.30
.	Free Cash Flow per Share	2.07	1.66	1.68	0.87	1.12	1.12	1.02	-0.02
.	Return on Stock Equity (Return on Equity)	25.03	23.38	19.60	14.46	10.61	7.71	8.92	13.66
.	Return on Invested Capital	32.83	32.30	30.96	23.24	16.84	12.65	17.84	20.43
.	Return on Assets	16.38	16.42	16.30	12.10	8.84	6.54	7.03	9.69
.	Price/Cash Flow Ratio	20.97	19.21	18.46	30.91	17.27	10.51	13.57	54.92
.	Price/Free Cash Flow ratio	24.97	23.18	20.31	35.51	19.52	11.58	17.45	0.00