MSA vs. AVY, HNI, PBI, TILE, SCS, ACCO, NL, ALLE, ADT, and LIF
Should you be buying MSA Safety Incorporporated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSA Safety Incorporporated include Avery Dennison (AVY), HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Interface (TILE), Steelcase (SCS), Acco Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), Allegion (ALLE), ADT (ADT), and Life360 (LIF).
MSA Safety Incorporporated vs. Its Competitors
MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) and Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
MSA Safety Incorporporated has a net margin of 15.77% compared to Avery Dennison's net margin of 7.98%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.11% beat MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on equity.
In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 18 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Avery Dennison and 3 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.74 indicating that MSA Safety Incorporporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MSA Safety Incorporporated presently has a consensus target price of $191.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. Avery Dennison has a consensus target price of $206.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.75%. Given Avery Dennison's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avery Dennison is more favorable than MSA Safety Incorporporated.
MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avery Dennison pays out 43.3% 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 Avery Dennison has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Avery Dennison shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Avery Dennison has higher revenue and earnings than MSA Safety Incorporporated. Avery Dennison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety Incorporporated, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MSA Safety Incorporporated and Avery Dennison tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MSA) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
