MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA) Competitors

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, MSA or DCI?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MSA or DCI?

Donaldson has higher revenue and earnings than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donaldson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.83B	3.54	$284.97M	$7.01	23.55
Donaldson	$3.69B	2.60	$367M	$3.05	27.15

Do analysts recommend MSA or DCI?

MSA Safety Incorporporated currently has a consensus target price of $189.20, indicating a potential upside of 14.61%. Donaldson has a consensus target price of $80.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.99%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe MSA Safety Incorporporated is more favorable than Donaldson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSA Safety Incorporporated	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Donaldson	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is MSA or DCI a better dividend stock?

MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donaldson pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. MSA Safety Incorporporated has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years and Donaldson has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer MSA or DCI?

In the previous week, Donaldson had 4 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Donaldson and 7 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Donaldson's score of 1.21 indicating that MSA Safety Incorporporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MSA Safety Incorporporated	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Donaldson	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MSA or DCI?

92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Donaldson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MSA or DCI more profitable?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a net margin of 15.15% compared to Donaldson's net margin of 9.94%. Donaldson's return on equity of 29.50% beat MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSA Safety Incorporporated	15.15%	26.03%	13.16%
Donaldson	9.94%	29.50%	14.79%

Summary

MSA Safety Incorporporated beats Donaldson on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.