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

Company Overview

MSA Safety Incorporated develops and manufactures safety equipment and systems designed to protect people in hazardous work environments. Its products include industrial and fixed-gas detection instruments, respiratory protection equipment, hard hats and other head protection, eye and face protection, hearing protection, fall-protection systems, and connected safety technologies.

The company serves customers in industries such as construction, manufacturing, utilities, oil and gas, mining, and emergency response. MSA also supplies specialized equipment for firefighters and other public-safety professionals, including thermal imaging cameras, protective apparel, self-contained breathing apparatus, and communications-related solutions.

Founded in 1914 as Mine Safety Appliances Company, MSA Safety is headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, and serves customers through operations and distribution channels in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and other international markets. The company is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Nish Vartanian.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $177.30 to $183.58
• 50-Day Range: $169.07 to $194.30
• 52-Week Range: $151.10 to $208.92
• Volume: 235,723 shs
• Average Volume: 266,353 shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.05 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.73
• Dividend Yield: 1.18%
• Price Target: $211.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

MSA Safety Incorporporated Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

MSA Safety Incorporporated scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 9th out of 655 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: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

MSA Safety Incorporporated has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a consensus price target of $211.33, representing about 15.9% upside from its current price of $182.42.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

MSA Safety Incorporporated has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.24%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for MSA Safety Incorporporated are expected to grow by 9.24% in the coming year, from $9.20 to $10.05 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of MSA Safety Incorporporated is 22.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.04.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of MSA Safety Incorporporated is 22.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.62.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a P/B Ratio of 5.24. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.11% 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 3.76, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in MSA Safety Incorporporated has recently decreased by 19.74%, 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 1.22%, 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 26.87%. 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 21.49% next year. This indicates that MSA Safety Incorporporated will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.34

News Sentiment

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a news sentiment score of 1.34. 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 0.53 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for MSA Safety Incorporporated this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for MSA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added MSA Safety Incorporporated to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 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 $3,969,379.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/10 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/10/2026
• Today: 9/23/2026
• 25th Annual Diversified Industrials & Services Conference: 9/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Machinery
• Sub-Industry: Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MSA
• CIK: 66570
• Web: www.msasafety.com
• Phone: (724) 776-8600
• Fax: 724-967-3326
• Employees: 5,300
• Year Founded: 1914

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for MSA Safety Incorporporated: $211.33
• High Price Target: $235.00
• Low Price Target: $180.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.04
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.87
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $278.92 million
• Net Margins: 16.13%
• Pretax Margin: 21.07%
• Return on Equity: 25.13%
• Return on Assets: 13.24%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.42
• Current Ratio: 3.24
• Quick Ratio: 2.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.87 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.76
• Cash Flow: $10.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.09
• Book Value: $34.82 per share
• Price / Book: 5.25

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 38,580,000
• Free Float: 38,308,000
• Market Cap: $7.05 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.94