B. Riley Equities Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for MSA

Key Points

• B. Riley has reduced its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for MSA Safety Incorporated to $1.78, down from a prior forecast of $1.91, while maintaining a "Buy" rating with a price target of $195.00.
• MSA Safety Incorporated recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share, with a yield of 1.2%, scheduled for payment on September 10th.
• The stock's current market cap is $6.99 billion, and it has experienced a 1.2% decline in share price, opening at $177.76 on Thursday.

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at B. Riley cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 5th. B. Riley analyst J. Van. Sinderen now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.78 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.91. B. Riley has a "Buy" rating and a $195.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for MSA Safety Incorporporated's current full-year earnings is $8.06 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for MSA Safety Incorporporated's Q4 2025 earnings at $2.31 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.70 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.41 EPS.

MSA has been the subject of several other reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, July 18th. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated from $183.00 to $203.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus began coverage on shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. They set a "hold" rating and a $182.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $166.00 price target on shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research note on Monday, May 5th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $189.20.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Stock Down 2.2%

MSA Safety Incorporporated stock traded down $3.90 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $170.29. 195,521 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 205,976. The company has a current ratio of 3.11, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54. The stock has a market cap of $6.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.18 and a beta of 0.96. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $171.43 and a two-hundred day moving average of $160.71. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a 1-year low of $127.86 and a 1-year high of $187.41.

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.17. MSA Safety Incorporporated had a net margin of 15.15% and a return on equity of 26.03%. The firm had revenue of $474.12 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $446.46 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.01 EPS. MSA Safety Incorporporated's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MSA Safety Incorporporated

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its stake in MSA Safety Incorporporated by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 61,302 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $10,162,000 after buying an additional 1,642 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in MSA Safety Incorporporated by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 806,438 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $133,718,000 after buying an additional 24,733 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in MSA Safety Incorporporated by 65.8% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 72,825 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $12,072,000 after buying an additional 28,914 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its stake in MSA Safety Incorporporated by 41.0% in the fourth quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 21,958 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $3,640,000 after buying an additional 6,380 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can raised its stake in MSA Safety Incorporporated by 66.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 11,779 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $1,953,000 after buying an additional 4,704 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.51% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at MSA Safety Incorporporated

In related news, Chairman Nishan J. Vartanian sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.32, for a total transaction of $4,839,600.00. Following the sale, the chairman owned 35,401 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,710,889.32. This represents a 45.87% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.70% of the company's stock.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 10th. Investors of record on Friday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.53 per share. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 15th. MSA Safety Incorporporated's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.24%.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Company Profile

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.