Compare Stocks: ATS, MSA, ESE, and GTES

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
ATS ATS	$18.89 -1.7%	$21.81	$18.41 ▼ $35.82	$1.85B	1.17	195,015 shs	142,858 shs
ESE ESCO Technologies	$268.55 +0.9%	$292.60	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.96B	1.1	260,507 shs	306,069 shs
GTES Gates Industrial	$26.28 -0.3%	$26.63	$20.88 ▼ $30.34	$6.65B	1.26	2.18 million shs	1.46 million shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$181.86 -0.5%	$184.53	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$7.02B	0.94	266,018 shs	205,054 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ATS ATS	+0.40%	+0.04%	-0.28%	-31.70%	-30.19%
ESE ESCO Technologies	+1.72%	+3.09%	-3.64%	-24.91%	+23.29%
GTES Gates Industrial	+0.85%	+3.88%	+1.36%	-8.89%	+4.21%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	+2.07%	+1.59%	-3.34%	+9.20%	+6.17%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ATS ATS	$18.89 -1.7%	$21.81	$18.41 ▼ $35.82	$1.85B	1.17	195,015 shs	142,858 shs
ESE ESCO Technologies	$268.55 +0.9%	$292.60	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.96B	1.1	260,507 shs	306,069 shs
GTES Gates Industrial	$26.28 -0.3%	$26.63	$20.88 ▼ $30.34	$6.65B	1.26	2.18 million shs	1.46 million shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$181.86 -0.5%	$184.53	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$7.02B	0.94	266,018 shs	205,054 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ATS ATS	+0.40%	+0.04%	-0.28%	-31.70%	-30.19%
ESE ESCO Technologies	+1.72%	+3.09%	-3.64%	-24.91%	+23.29%
GTES Gates Industrial	+0.85%	+3.88%	+1.36%	-8.89%	+4.21%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	+2.07%	+1.59%	-3.34%	+9.20%	+6.17%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ATS ATS	2.29	Hold	$42.50	124.50% Upside
ESE ESCO Technologies	3.00	Buy	$416.50	55.01% Upside
GTES Gates Industrial	2.69	Moderate Buy	$32.45	23.87% Upside
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	2.33	Hold	$211.33	15.88% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ATS, MSA, ESE, and GTES Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/22/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B)
9/8/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)
9/1/2026	GTES Gates Industrial	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$29.00
8/31/2026	GTES Gates Industrial	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/25/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/20/2026	ATS ATS	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D) ➝ Hold (C-)
8/11/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A) ➝ Buy (A-)
8/10/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$413.00
8/10/2026	ATS ATS	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
8/7/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/6/2026	ATS ATS	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)

(Data available from 9/24/2023 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
ATS ATS	$2.93B	0.63	$2.12 per share	8.91	$13.13 per share	1.44
ESE ESCO Technologies	$1.10B	6.36	$9.19 per share	29.24	$59.67 per share	4.50
GTES Gates Industrial	$3.44B	1.93	$2.28 per share	11.48	$14.28 per share	1.83
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.95B	3.61	$9.99 per share	18.26	$34.82 per share	5.24

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
ATS ATS	$51.85M	$0.34	55.71	12.97	N/A	1.60%	8.96%	3.63%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
ESE ESCO Technologies	$299.22M	$12.14	22.15	29.02	1.50	24.39%	13.28%	8.69%	11/19/2026 (Estimated)
GTES Gates Industrial	$251.40M	$1.41	18.59	14.48	N/A	10.37%	10.11%	5.27%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$278.92M	$8.04	22.65	18.31	N/A	16.13%	25.13%	13.24%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ATS, MSA, ESE, and GTES Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q1 2027	ATS ATS	$0.28	$0.25	-$0.03	N/A	$509.72 million	$488.38 million
8/6/2026	Q3 2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	$2.12	$2.20	+$0.08	$1.26	$341.40 million	$339.03 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
ATS ATS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ESE ESCO Technologies	$0.32	0.12%	-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	1.18%	+4.19%	26.87%	56 Years

Latest ATS, MSA, ESE, and GTES Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	quarterly	$0.08	0.11%	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	10/15/2026
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
ATS ATS	0.75	1.63	1.33
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
ATS ATS	75.84%
ESE ESCO Technologies	95.70%
GTES Gates Industrial	98.50%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	92.51%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ATS ATS	N/A
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
ATS ATS	7,000	98.13 million	N/A	Not 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

ATS, MSA, ESE, and GTES Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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

3 hours ago | de.marketscreener.comD

MSA Safety launches new G1 City Edition breathing apparatus

September 23 at 12:01 PM | streetinsider.com

MSA Safety Incorporated Launches New G1? City Edition SCBA

September 23 at 12:01 PM | marketscreener.comM

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

September 23 at 8:35 AM | prnewswire.com

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

September 22 at 11:30 AM | insidermonkey.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) Head to Head Survey

September 21 at 8:59 AM | americanbankingnews.com

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

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

Financial Contrast: MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) vs. Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN)

September 20, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Engineers Gate Manager LP Purchases Shares of 9,229 MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA

September 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA Shares Sold by WINTON GROUP Ltd

September 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSA Safety to Showcase Comprehensive Worker Safety Solutions at NSC 2026

September 14, 2026 | prnewswire.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) Cut to Hold at Wall Street Zen

September 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

California State Teachers Retirement System Raises Position in MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA

September 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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

September 12, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Makes New Investment in MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA

September 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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

September 10, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Possible Finance Survey Spotlights Level of Trust in AI: NYSE Content Update

September 10, 2026 | prnewswire.com

MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA Shares Purchased by Squarepoint Ops LLC

September 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSA Safety bringt en A1X auf den Markt: den WinGrip-Vakuumanker der nächsten Generation für die Flugzeugwartung

September 10, 2026 | prnewswire.com

MSA Safety Incorporated Launches A1X The Next Generation WinGrip Vacuum Anchor For Aircraft Maintenance

September 9, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Giverny Capital Inc. Makes New Investment in MSA Safety Incorporporated $MSA

September 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ATS, MSA, ESE, and GTES Company Descriptions

ATS NYSE:ATS

$18.89 -0.32 (-1.67%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$18.90 +0.01 (+0.05%)

As of 04:10 PM Eastern

ATS Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides automation solutions worldwide. The company is also involved in planning, designing, building, commissioning, and servicing automated manufacturing and assembly systems, including automation products and test solutions. In addition, it offers pre-automation services comprising discovery and analysis, concept development, simulation, and total cost of ownership modelling; post automation services, including training, process optimization, preventative maintenance, emergency and on-call support, spare parts, retooling, retrofits, and equipment relocation; and contract manufacturing services, as well as after sales and services. Further, the company provides engineering design, prototyping, process verification, specification writing, software and manufacturing process controls development, standard automation products/platforms, equipment design and build, third-party equipment qualification, procurement and integration, automation system installation, product line commissioning, validation, and documentation services. Additionally, it offers value engineering, supply chain management, and integration and manufacturing capabilities, as well as other automation products and solutions; and software and digital solutions comprising connected factory floor management systems to capture, analyze, and use real time machine performance data to troubleshoot, deliver process and product solutions, prevent equipment downtime, drive operational efficiency, and unlock performance for sustainable production improvements. ATS Corporation serves life sciences, transportation and mobility, consumer products, food and beverage, electronics, nuclear, packaging, warehousing and distribution, and energy markets. The company was formerly known as ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. and changed its name to ATS Corporation in November 2022. ATS Corporation was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Canada.

ESCO Technologies NYSE:ESE

$268.55 +2.36 (+0.89%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$268.47 -0.08 (-0.03%)

As of 04:15 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

$26.28 -0.08 (-0.31%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$26.26 -0.02 (-0.06%)

As of 04:15 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

$181.86 -0.98 (-0.53%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$182.05 +0.19 (+0.10%)

As of 04:15 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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Latest ATS, MSA, ESE, and GTES Dividends

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