Joel Greenblatt acquired 131k MSC Industrial Direct , Inc. shares worth $12.1M. That's 0.07% of their equity portfolio (408th largest holding). The first MSC Industrial Direct , Inc. trade was made in Q2 2011. Since then Joel Greenblatt bought shares 29 more times and sold shares on twenty occasions. The stake costed the investor $11.2M, netting the investor a gain of 8.4% so far.