MSA Safety - MSA Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "buy" MSA shares.
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1 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for MSA Safety's stock. Their MSA share price forecasts range from $152.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $161.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.1% from the stock's current price.
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MSA Safety's stock was trading at $144.19 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MSA shares have decreased by 5.4% and is now trading at $136.38.
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MSA Safety saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 386,300 shares, a decrease of 10.3% from the November 30th total of 430,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 108,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 16th 2023.
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MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE:MSA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.09. The industrial products company had revenue of $340.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $341.34 million. MSA Safety had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.89% and a net margin of 4.46%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.94 earnings per share.

MSA Safety announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share on Saturday, December 10th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 14th.
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MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.38%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 51 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 109.52%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, MSA will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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.

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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 New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.52%), Redwood Investments LLC (0.22%), Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning (0.17%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%) and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Bob Willem Leenen, Diane M Pearse, 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 $136.38.

MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) has a market capitalization of $5.35 billion and generates $1.40 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $21.34 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.68 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,800 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.