William Blair Has Bullish Estimate for MSA Q4 Earnings

Key Points

• William Blair analysts have increased MSA Safety Incorporporated's Q4 2025 earnings per share estimate from $2.48 to $2.61, while also projecting FY2026 earnings at $9.20 EPS.
• Despite a mixed range of analyst ratings, MSA's average consensus rating remains a "Hold" with an average price target of $189.20.
• MSA Safety recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share, representing a yield of 1.2%, payable on September 10th.

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at William Blair lifted their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, August 6th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $2.61 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.48. The consensus estimate for MSA Safety Incorporporated's current full-year earnings is $8.06 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for MSA Safety Incorporporated's FY2026 earnings at $9.20 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on MSA. B. Riley reissued a "buy" rating and set a $195.00 price objective (down from $200.00) on shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Stifel Nicolaus assumed coverage on MSA Safety Incorporporated in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. They set a "hold" rating and a $182.00 price objective for the company. Robert W. Baird set a $166.00 price objective on MSA Safety Incorporporated in a report on Monday, May 5th. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on MSA Safety Incorporporated from $183.00 to $203.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut MSA Safety Incorporporated from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, July 18th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $189.20.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Stock Performance

MSA traded down $2.40 during trading on Thursday, reaching $174.54. 285,686 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 195,378. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a fifty-two week low of $127.86 and a fifty-two week high of $187.41. The company has a quick ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 3.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $171.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $160.77. The company has a market capitalization of $6.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.90 and a beta of 0.96.

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $446.46 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.01 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. raised its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 57.1% in the first quarter. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. now owns 4,881 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $716,000 after buying an additional 1,775 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 39.4% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 269 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 2.0% in the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 29,074 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $4,265,000 after buying an additional 563 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in the first quarter valued at about $1,273,000. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 13.2% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 82,418 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $12,090,000 after buying an additional 9,593 shares during the last quarter. 92.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, Chairman Nishan J. Vartanian sold 30,000 shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.32, for a total value of $4,839,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman directly owned 35,401 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,710,889.32. The trade was a 45.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Announces Dividend

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

About MSA Safety Incorporporated

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.