MSA Safety Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MSA Safety in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" MSA Safety stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MSA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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MSA Safety is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE:MSA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 28th. The industrial products company reported $1.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.05. The industrial products company earned $341.29 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $330.52 million. MSA Safety had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.43% and a net margin of 7.59%.
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MSA Safety's stock was trading at $106.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSA shares have increased by 41.6% and is now trading at $151.48.
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MSA Safety announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Friday, September 10th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 13th.
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MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.15%. The dividend payout ratio of MSA Safety is 39.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSA Safety will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.99% next year. This indicates that MSA Safety will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for MSA Safety's stock. Their forecasts range from $162.59 to $165.00. On average, they anticipate MSA Safety's share price to reach $163.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price.
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19 employees have rated MSA Safety CEO Nishan Vartanian on Glassdoor.com. Nishan Vartanian has an approval rating of 88% among MSA Safety's employees.

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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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.82%), BlackRock Inc. (7.80%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.19%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (4.06%), State Street Corp (4.01%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.62%). Company insiders that own MSA Safety stock include Diane M Pearse, Douglas K Mcclaine, 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 and William M Lambert.
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MSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have sold MSA Safety company stock in the last year include 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, and William M Lambert.
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MSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi, State Street Corp, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Invesco Ltd., Northern Trust Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Amalgamated Bank, and AXA S.A..
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Shares of MSA 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 $151.48.

MSA Safety has a market capitalization of $5.94 billion and generates $1.35 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $120.10 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.

MSA Safety was founded in 1914.

The official website for MSA Safety is www.msasafety.com.

MSA Safety is headquartered at 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA, 16066.

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].