Joel Greenblatt acquired 90.6 Thousand MSC Industrial Direct , Inc. shares worth $8.29 Million. That's 0.14% of their equity portfolio (154th largest holding). The first MSC Industrial Direct , Inc. trade was made in Q2 2011. Since then Joel Greenblatt bought shares 26 more times and sold shares on seventeen occasions. The stake costed the investor $8.02 Million, netting the investor a gain of 3.4% so far.