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

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

MSA Safety declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 11th. View MSA Safety's Dividend History.

MSA Safety Inc (NYSE:MSA) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The industrial products company reported $1.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.08. The industrial products company had revenue of $375.26 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $382.60 million. MSA Safety had a net margin of 9.73% and a return on equity of 27.04%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.27 earnings per share. View MSA Safety's Earnings History.

MSA Safety is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for MSA Safety.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for MSA Safety's stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate MSA Safety's share price to reach $135.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for MSA Safety.

3 Wall Street 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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MSA Safety.

Media stories about MSA stock have trended neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. MSA Safety earned a daily sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for MSA Safety.

MSA Safety saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,490,000 shares, a decrease of 6.3% from the January 15th total of 1,590,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 158,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 9.4 days. Approximately 4.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View MSA Safety's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MSA Safety include Avery Dennison (AVY), Herman Miller (MLHR), Steelcase (SCS), HNI (HNI), Knoll (KNL), Interface (TILE), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Kimball International (KBAL), Pitney Bowes (PBI), CompX International (CIX), NL Industries (NL) and ARC Document Solutions (ARC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MSA Safety investors own include Lancaster Colony (LANC), Medtronic (MDT), PepsiCo (PEP), 3M (MMM), AFLAC (AFL), Ecolab (ECL), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Mcdonald's (MCD), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Automatic Data Processing (ADP).

MSA Safety's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.88%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.17%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.31%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.13%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.74%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (1.67%). Company insiders that own MSA Safety stock include Bob Willem Leenen, Diane M Pearse, Douglas K Mcclaine, John T Ryan III, Kenneth D Krause, Kerry M Bove, L Edward Shaw Jr, Nishan J Vartanian, Randall Killeen, 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 UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Eagle Asset Management Inc., Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund and GW&K Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold MSA Safety company stock in the last year include Bob Willem Leenen, Diane M Pearse, Douglas K Mcclaine, John T Ryan III, Kenneth D Krause, L Edward Shaw Jr, Steven C Sr Blanco and William M Lambert. View Insider Buying and Selling for MSA Safety.

MSA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., WCM Investment Management LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $129.36.

MSA Safety has a market capitalization of $5.01 billion and generates $1.40 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $136.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.80 on an earnings per share basis. MSA Safety employs 4,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About MSA Safety.

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]