Compare Stocks: AIN, MSA, GTES, and ESE

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIN Albany International	$64.46 +5.7%	$60.38	$41.15 ▼ $77.00	$1.73B	1.17	214,977 shs	363,052 shs
ESE ESCO Technologies	$247.42 -1.5%	$270.92	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.51B	1.05	247,248 shs	302,882 shs
GTES Gates Industrial	$26.08 +0.6%	$26.31	$20.88 ▼ $30.34	$6.56B	1.28	1.77 million shs	1.21 million shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$181.89 +1.8%	$184.16	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$6.90B	0.92	222,094 shs	199,917 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIN Albany International	+0.36%	+0.55%	+0.96%	-19.71%	+8.75%
ESE ESCO Technologies	+0.70%	-3.94%	-5.21%	-24.49%	+15.72%
GTES Gates Industrial	+0.50%	-0.97%	+1.40%	-3.94%	+0.12%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	-0.07%	-1.89%	-0.50%	+5.43%	+8.33%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIN Albany International	$64.46 +5.7%	$60.38	$41.15 ▼ $77.00	$1.73B	1.17	214,977 shs	363,052 shs
ESE ESCO Technologies	$247.42 -1.5%	$270.92	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.51B	1.05	247,248 shs	302,882 shs
GTES Gates Industrial	$26.08 +0.6%	$26.31	$20.88 ▼ $30.34	$6.56B	1.28	1.77 million shs	1.21 million shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$181.89 +1.8%	$184.16	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$6.90B	0.92	222,094 shs	199,917 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIN Albany International	+0.36%	+0.55%	+0.96%	-19.71%	+8.75%
ESE ESCO Technologies	+0.70%	-3.94%	-5.21%	-24.49%	+15.72%
GTES Gates Industrial	+0.50%	-0.97%	+1.40%	-3.94%	+0.12%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	-0.07%	-1.89%	-0.50%	+5.43%	+8.33%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AIN Albany International	1.80	Reduce	$67.67	4.97% Upside
ESE ESCO Technologies	3.00	Buy	$381.50	54.19% Upside
GTES Gates Industrial	2.75	Moderate Buy	$32.45	24.45% Upside
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	2.33	Hold	$211.33	16.19% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AIN, MSA, GTES, and ESE Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/13/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$420.00 ➝ $350.00
10/9/2026	AIN Albany International	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$61.00 ➝ $67.00
10/8/2026	GTES Gates Industrial	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/6/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/2/2026	AIN Albany International	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)
9/22/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B)
9/8/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)
9/3/2026	AIN Albany International	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$64.00 ➝ $75.00
9/1/2026	GTES Gates Industrial	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$29.00
8/31/2026	GTES Gates Industrial	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold
8/25/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (A-) ➝ Buy (B)

(Data available from 10/20/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AIN Albany International	$1.18B	1.55	$1.98 per share	32.53	$25.87 per share	2.49
ESE ESCO Technologies	$1.10B	5.85	$8.82 per share	28.06	$59.67 per share	4.15
GTES Gates Industrial	$3.44B	1.92	$2.29 per share	11.38	$14.28 per share	1.83
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.87B	3.74	$9.97 per share	18.25	$34.82 per share	5.22

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AIN Albany International	-$57.34M	-$1.74	21.93	19.71	1.45	-4.18%	10.76%	4.64%	10/28/2026 (Confirmed)
ESE ESCO Technologies	$299.22M	$12.14	31.13	27.07	1.32	24.39%	13.28%	8.69%	11/19/2026 (Estimated)
GTES Gates Industrial	$251.40M	$1.41	18.50	14.49	N/A	10.37%	10.11%	5.27%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$278.92M	$8.04	20.52	18.32	N/A	16.13%	25.13%	13.24%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)

Latest AIN, MSA, GTES, and ESE Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/30/2026	Q3 2026	GTES Gates Industrial	$0.4399	N/A	N/A	N/A	$904.77 million	N/A
10/28/2026	Q3 2026	AIN Albany International	$1.48	N/A	N/A	N/A	$326.12 million	N/A
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$2.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	$528.39 million	N/A
8/6/2026	Q3 2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	$2.12	$2.20	+$0.08	$1.26	$341.40 million	$339.03 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	AIN Albany International	$0.7370	$0.82	+$0.0830	$0.61	$340.10 million	$329.48 million
7/31/2026	Q2 2026	GTES Gates Industrial	$0.4176	$0.44	+$0.0224	$0.67	$927.29 million	$941.60 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$2.14	$2.40	+$0.26	$2.23	$496.27 million	$503.33 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AIN Albany International	$1.12	1.74%	+7.20%	N/A	7 Years
ESE ESCO Technologies	$0.32	0.13%	-4.36%	2.64%	N/A
GTES Gates Industrial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$2.16	1.19%	+4.19%	26.87%	56 Years

Latest AIN, MSA, GTES, and ESE Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	quarterly	$0.08	0.12%	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	10/15/2026
8/21/2026	AIN Albany International	quarterly	$0.28	2.06%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	10/7/2026
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	quarterly	$0.54	1.14%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AIN Albany International	0.60	2.24	1.89
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.04	1.38	0.94
GTES Gates Industrial	0.58	3.24	2.36
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	0.42	3.24	2.02

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AIN Albany International	97.37%
ESE ESCO Technologies	95.70%
GTES Gates Industrial	98.50%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	92.51%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AIN Albany International	0.58%
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.70%
GTES Gates Industrial	2.80%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	0.70%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AIN Albany International	5,700	28.40 million	28.24 million	Optionable
ESE ESCO Technologies	3,425	25.91 million	25.73 million	Optionable
GTES Gates Industrial	13,000	253.15 million	246.06 million	Optionable
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	5,300	38.58 million	38.31 million	Optionable

AIN, MSA, GTES, and ESE Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

MSA Safety Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call

4 hours ago | prnewswire.com

MSA Safety (MSA) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Q3 Release

October 20 at 11:06 AM | zacks.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA) Projected to Release Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

October 20 at 4:40 AM | marketbeat.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA Shares Acquired by Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH

October 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSA Earnings Reports

October 12, 2026 | fxempire.comF

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) Stock Rating Upgraded by Wall Street Zen

October 10, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) Raised to "Buy" at Wall Street Zen

October 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Diversified Management Inc. Buys 8,990 Shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA

October 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA Shares Sold by Argent Capital Management LLC

October 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSA Safety (MSA) Upgraded to Buy: Here's What You Should Know

October 2, 2026 | zacks.com

Lundbeck to showcase progress across its movement disorders pipeline with data in multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease at MDS® 2026

October 2, 2026 | gurufocus.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) Receives Average Rating of "Hold" from Analysts

September 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) Stock Price Breaks Above 200-Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

September 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSA Safety Incorporated bringt neues Atemschutzgerät G1 City Edition SCBA auf den Markt

September 24, 2026 | de.marketscreener.comD

MSA Safety launches new G1 City Edition breathing apparatus

September 23, 2026 | streetinsider.com

MSA Safety Incorporated Launches New G1? City Edition SCBA

September 23, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

MSA Safety Launches New G1™ City Edition SCBA, Transforming Firefighter Search and Rescue

September 23, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Subscription Pivot and SCBA Replacement Cycle Set to Drive MSA Safety’s (MSA) Margin Expansion

September 22, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

MSA Safety stock holds steady as investors watch recent earnings and valuation

September 20, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

MSA Safety to Showcase Comprehensive Worker Safety Solutions at NSC 2026

September 14, 2026 | prnewswire.com

MSA Safety Incorporated (MSA) Presents at Jefferies Global Industrials Conference 2026 - Slideshow

September 12, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

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AIN, MSA, GTES, and ESE Company Descriptions

Albany International NYSE:AIN

$64.46 +3.49 (+5.72%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$64.44 -0.02 (-0.04%)

As of 04:58 PM Eastern

Albany International Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the machine clothing and engineered composites businesses. The company operates in two segments, Machine Clothing (MC) and Albany Engineered Composites (AEC). The MC segment designs, manufactures, and markets paper machine clothing for use in the manufacturing of papers, paperboards, tissues, towels, pulps, nonwovens, building products, tannery, and textiles, as well as fiber cement and several other industrial applications. This segment offers paper machine clothing forming, pressing, and drying fabrics, as well as engineered processing belts; and engineered fabrics. The AEC segment 3D-woven and injected composite components for aircraft engines composite airframe and engine components for military and commercial aircraft. It operates in the United States, Switzerland, France, Brazil, China, Mexico, Germany, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1895 and is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire.

ESCO Technologies NYSE:ESE

$247.42 -3.81 (-1.52%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$247.52 +0.09 (+0.04%)

As of 05:21 PM Eastern

ESCO Technologies Inc. produces and supplies engineered products and systems for industrial and commercial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Defense, Utility Solutions Group, and RF Test & Measurement. The Aerospace & Defense segment designs and manufactures filtration products, including hydraulic filter elements and fluid control devices used in commercial aerospace applications; filter mechanisms used in micro-propulsion devices for satellites; and custom designed filters for manned aircraft and submarines. It also designs, develops, and manufactures elastomeric-based signature reduction solutions for U.S. naval vessels; and mission-critical bushings, pins, sleeves, and precision-tolerance machined components for landing gear, rotor heads, engine mounts, flight controls, and actuation systems for the aerospace and defense industries. The Utility Solutions Group segment provides diagnostic testing solutions that enable electric power grid operators to assess the integrity of high-voltage power delivery equipment; and decision support tools for the renewable energy industry, primarily wind and solar. The RF Test & Measurement segment designs and manufactures RF test and secure communication facilities, acoustic test enclosures, RF and magnetically shielded rooms, RF measurement systems, and broadcast and recording studios; and RF absorptive materials, filters, antennas, field probes, test cells, proprietary measurement software, and other test accessories to perform various tests. The company distributes its products through a network of distributors, sales representatives, direct sales teams, and in-house sales personnel. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Gates Industrial NYSE:GTES

$26.08 +0.15 (+0.57%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$26.09 +0.01 (+0.05%)

As of 05:32 PM Eastern

Gates Industrial Corporation PLC designs and manufactures power transmission equipment. Its products serves harsh and hazardous industries such as agriculture, construction, manufacturing and energy, to everyday consumer applications such as printers, power washers, automatic doors and vacuum cleaners and virtually every form of transportation.

MSA Safety Incorporporated NYSE:MSA

$181.89 +3.15 (+1.76%)

Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$182.14 +0.26 (+0.14%)

As of 04:10 PM Eastern

MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products and technology solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures in the fire service, energy, utility, construction, and industrial manufacturing applications, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries worldwide. The company's core product offerings include fixed gas and flame detection systems, such as gas detection monitoring systems, and flame detectors and open-path infrared gas detectors; breathing apparatus products, including self-contained breathing apparatus; hand-held portable gas detection instruments to detect the presence or absence of various gases in the air; industrial head protection products; firefighter helmets and protective apparel; and fall protection equipment, such as confined space equipment, harnesses, lanyards, and self-retracting lifelines, as well as engineered systems. In addition, the company offers air-purifying respirators, eye and face protection products, ballistic helmets, and gas masks. It serves distributors and end-users through indirect and direct sales channels. The company offers its products under the V-Gard, Cairns, and Gallet brand names. MSA Safety Incorporated was founded in 1914 and is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.

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