NYSE:MSA - MSA Safety Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

MSA Safety declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Sunday, March 10th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 15th. View MSA Safety's Dividend History.

MSA Safety Inc (NYSE:MSA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.01. The industrial products company earned $361.78 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $359.32 million. MSA Safety had a return on equity of 27.35% and a net margin of 9.14%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.31 earnings per share. View MSA Safety's Earnings History.

MSA Safety is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MSA Safety.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for MSA Safety's shares. Their forecasts range from $98.30 to $115.00. On average, they expect MSA Safety's share price to reach $106.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for MSA Safety.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MSA Safety in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MSA Safety.

News coverage about MSA stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. MSA Safety earned a daily sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

MSA Safety saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 1,021,170 shares, an increase of 47.5% from the February 15th total of 692,182 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 280,586 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View MSA Safety's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MSA Safety include Steris (STE), WILLIAM DEMANT/ADR (WILYY), Wright Medical Group (WMGI), Inogen (INGN), Avanos Medical (AVNS), Establishment Labs (ESTA), RTI Surgical (RTIX), Sientra (SIEN), Invacare (IVC), ConforMIS (CFMS), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), COLLPLANT HOLDI/S (CLGN), Rewalk Robotics (RWLK), NanoVibronix (NAOV) and Wound Management Technologies (WNDM).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MSA Safety investors own include Medtronic (MDT), Starbucks (SBUX), Cardinal Health (CAH), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Honeywell International (HON), Nucor (NUE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Align Technology (ALGN), Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT) and General Electric (GE).

MSA Safety's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.44%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.37%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.15%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.08%), Northern Trust Corp (1.42%) and Channing Capital Management LLC (1.33%). Company insiders that own MSA Safety stock include Diane M Pearse, Douglas K Mcclaine, John T Ryan III, Kenneth D Krause, Kerry M Bove, L Edward Shaw Jr, Markus H Weber, Nishan J Vartanian, Paul R Uhler, Randall Killeen, Robert A Bruggeworth, Steven C Sr Blanco and William M Lambert. View Institutional Ownership Trends for MSA Safety.

MSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Channing Capital Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC and Barclays PLC. Company insiders that have sold MSA Safety company stock in the last year include Diane M Pearse, Douglas K Mcclaine, Kenneth D Krause, Kerry M Bove, L Edward Shaw Jr, Randall Killeen, Steven C Sr Blanco and William M Lambert. View Insider Buying and Selling for MSA Safety.

MSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, BlackRock Inc., Rhumbline Advisers, First Trust Advisors LP, Geode Capital Management LLC and Geode Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for MSA Safety.

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

One share of MSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $100.94.

MSA Safety has a market capitalization of $3.89 billion and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $124.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.50 on an earnings per share basis. MSA Safety employs 4,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for MSA Safety is http://www.msasafety.com.

MSA Safety's mailing address is 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA, 16066. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 724-776-8600 or via email at [email protected]