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JACOBSON MITCHELL

Director

Director 10% Owner
3 filings analyzed · 1 company · Latest 2025-11-20

Companies

Company Buys Sells Direction
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC MSM 9 0 Net buying

Activity

November 2025
high
Buy
22,870 shares
$1,943,037
Significance 6/10

Director JACOBSON MITCHELL purchases 22,870 shares of MSM at $84.96 for $1,943,037.49; fourth buy in 19 days.

JACOBSON MITCHELL, a Director, acquired 22,870 shares at $84.96 on 2025-11-18, the fourth open-market purchase at MSM in 19 days (prior buys on 2025-11-03, 2025-10-31, and 2025-10-30). The transaction is being executed at prices 9.2% below the 52-week high of $92.90 and amid a 5.1% 30-day decline. His prior trading across all tickers shows a 100% win rate on buys with an 90-day average return of +29.1%, suggesting a historically reliable pattern of buying ahead of recoveries. At MSM specifically, his single measurable prior buy (2025-04-08) returned +28.1% over 90 days. The rapid succession of four purchases in less than three weeks, combined with the director's strong cross-ticker buy timing record, may indicate conviction regarding near-term recovery; however, the company trades at a P/E of 33.40 with -1.4% year-over-year revenue growth, warranting attention to fundamentals underlying this accumulation pattern.

high
Buy
181,806 shares
$15,408,432
Significance 8/10

Director Mitchell buys 181,806 shares ($15.4M) at MSM across 4 trades; 5 of 5 prior MSM trades well-timed at 90-day mark

Director Jacobson Mitchell purchased 181,806 shares ($15.4M) across 4 separate transactions from 2025-10-30 through 2025-11-03 at a blended average price of $84.75, increasing his holdings by 8.6% from 2,123,516 to 2,305,322 shares. The timing of this buy sequence occurs while the stock is -8.7% from its 52-week high of $92.90 and down 7.8% over the past 30 days. Mitchell's track record at MSM is particularly noteworthy: all 5 of his prior trades at this ticker were well-timed at the 90-day mark—four prior buys yielded 90-day returns ranging from +28.1% to +30.7%, and one prior sell (2024-01-31) correctly preceded an 8.8% decline. This consistent pattern of well-timed accumulation, combined with the current purchase of 181.8K shares amid near-term weakness, establishes a significant data point for monitoring stock performance and insider conviction.

April 2025
high
Buy
159,193 shares
$11,101,253
Significance 7/10

Director Jacobson Mitchell bought 159,193 shares at $69.73 avg ($11.1M) on Apr 7-8, raising holdings to 1.95M shares (+8.9%)

JACOBSON MITCHELL, a Director, executed 4 separate open-market purchases of 159,193 shares totaling $11,101,252.93 on April 7-8, 2025, at prices ranging from $68.85 to $70.12, after which the stock has declined -6.8% over 30 days and sits -21.3% below its 52-week high of $95.57. His prior transaction history at MSM shows 5 consecutive sales in January 2024, all of which proved well-timed at the 90-day mark (stock fell after each sale), suggesting disciplined tactical execution. This substantial buy—representing an 8.9% increase to his 1.95M share position and executed at prices below the current $75.18—occurs in a company trading at a P/E of 19.63 with declining annual revenue (-4.7%) and modest net income of $39.3M on $891.7M quarterly revenue. The timing and scale of the purchase merit scrutiny against both the company's recent financial trajectory and the insider's own track record of well-executed prior exits.

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