MSA Safety (MSA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MSA Safety in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MSA shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for MSA Safety's stock. Their MSA share price forecasts range from $152.00 to $170.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $161.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% from the stock's current price.
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MSA Safety's stock was trading at $144.19 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MSA shares have decreased by 3.5% and is now trading at $139.16.
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MSA Safety saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 359,300 shares, an increase of 66.6% from the April 30th total of 215,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 113,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE:MSA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 1st. The industrial products company reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.31. The industrial products company earned $398.26 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $361.77 million. MSA Safety had a negative net margin of 0.38% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.70%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.10 earnings per share.

MSA Safety announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Saturday, June 10th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 15th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46.
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ETFs with the largest weight of MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) stock in their portfolio include ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), ProShares Russell US Dividend Growers ETF (TMDV), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), Xtrackers S&P ESG Dividend Aristocrats ETF (SNPD), First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR), Pacer Lunt MidCap Multi-Factor Alternator ETF (PAMC), SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) and iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF (FM).

MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.33%.
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19 employees have rated MSA Safety Chief Executive Officer Nishan Vartanian on Glassdoor.com. Nishan Vartanian has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MSA Safety investors own include Medtronic (MDT), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Ecolab (ECL), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Lowe's Companies (LOW), McDonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), AbbVie (ABBV) and Becton, Dickinson and (BDX).

MSA Safety trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MSA."

MSA Safety's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.18%), State Street Corp (5.12%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.87%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.21%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.09%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.81%). Insiders that own company stock include Bob Willem Leenen, John T Ryan III, John T Ryan III, Jonathan D Buck, Kenneth D Krause, Nishan J Vartanian, Rebecca B Roberts, Robert A Bruggeworth, Sandra Phillips Rogers, Steven C Sr Blanco, William M Lambert and William M Lambert.
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Shares of MSA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $139.16.

MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) has a market capitalization of $5.46 billion and generates $1.60 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $179.63 million in net income (profit) each year or ($0.17) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,000 workers across the globe.

MSA Safety's mailing address is 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA, 16066. The official website for the company is www.msasafety.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (724) 776-8600, via email at elyse.lorenzato@msasafety.com, or via fax at 724-967-3326.