MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $173.30 to $177.41
• 50-Day Range: $157.79 to $180.03
• 52-Week Range: $127.86 to $187.41
• Volume: 220,561 shs
• Average Volume: 175,110 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.89 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.16
• Dividend Yield: 1.21%
• Price Target: $189.20
• Consensus Rating: Hold

MSA Safety Incorporporated Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

MSA Safety Incorporporated scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 30th out of 180 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

MSA Safety Incorporporated has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

MSA Safety Incorporporated has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.06%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for MSA Safety Incorporporated are expected to grow by 9.06% in the coming year, from $8.06 to $8.79 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of MSA Safety Incorporporated is 24.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.11.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of MSA Safety Incorporporated is 24.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.96.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a P/B Ratio of 6.04. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.28% of the float of MSA Safety Incorporporated has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in MSA Safety Incorporporated has recently decreased by 6.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

MSA Safety Incorporporated pays a meaningful dividend of 1.19%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

MSA Safety Incorporporated has been increasing its dividend for 56 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of MSA Safety Incorporporated is 29.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, MSA Safety Incorporporated will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.12% next year. This indicates that MSA Safety Incorporporated will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.01

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.28% of the float of MSA Safety Incorporporated has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in MSA Safety Incorporporated has recently decreased by 6.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.13

News Sentiment

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a news sentiment score of 1.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for MSA Safety Incorporporated this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for MSA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added MSA Safety Incorporporated to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, MSA Safety Incorporporated insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,839,600.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.70% of the stock of MSA Safety Incorporporated is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.51% of the stock of MSA Safety Incorporporated is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

MSA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MSA shares performed this year?

MSA Safety Incorporporated's stock was trading at $165.77 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, MSA shares have increased by 5.7% and is now trading at $175.16.

How were MSA Safety Incorporporated's earnings last quarter?

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.09. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are MSA Safety Incorporporated's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of MSA Safety Incorporporated include Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.00%), Aberdeen Group plc (0.56%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.51%) and Bessemer Group Inc. (0.44%). Insiders that own company stock include William M Lambert, Nishan J Vartanian, Rebecca B Roberts, Bob Willem Leenen, Jonathan D Buck and Robert A Bruggeworth.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated?

Shares of MSA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of MSA Safety Incorporporated own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that MSA Safety Incorporporated investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Jabil (JBL), Adobe (ADBE), Arista Networks (ANET) and GE Aerospace (GE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/29/2025
• Record date for 6/10 Dividend: 5/15/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/10 Dividend: 5/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/10/2025
• Today: 8/02/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/04/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: PROTECTION - SFTY
• Sub-Industry: Office Services & Supplies
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MSA
• CIK: 66570
• Web: www.msasafety.com
• Phone: (724) 776-8600
• Fax: 724-967-3326
• Employees: 5,200
• Year Founded: 1914

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for MSA Safety Incorporporated: $189.20
• High Price Target: $203.00
• Low Price Target: $166.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.40
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.25
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.16
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.73
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $284.97 million
• Net Margins: 15.77%
• Pretax Margin: 20.78%
• Return on Equity: 27.65%
• Return on Assets: 13.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.40
• Current Ratio: 2.94
• Quick Ratio: 1.84

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.81 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.81
• Cash Flow: $9.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.96
• Book Value: $28.99 per share
• Price / Book: 6.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 39,310,000
• Free Float: 39,031,000
• Market Cap: $6.89 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.96