MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA) Competitors $175.16 -2.71 (-1.52%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$175.16 0.00 (0.00%) As of 08/1/2025 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock MSA vs. GGG, ITT, AVY, HNI, PBI, TILE, SCS, ACCO, NL, and ALLEShould you be buying MSA Safety Incorporporated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSA Safety Incorporporated include Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Avery Dennison (AVY), HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Interface (TILE), Steelcase (SCS), Acco Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), and Allegion (ALLE). MSA Safety Incorporporated vs. Its Competitors Graco ITT Avery Dennison HNI Pitney Bowes Interface Steelcase Acco Brands NL Industries Allegion Graco (NYSE:GGG) and MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation. Which has more risk & volatility, GGG or MSA? Graco has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GGG or MSA? Graco has higher revenue and earnings than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGraco$2.17B6.31$486.08M$2.8229.28MSA Safety Incorporporated$1.81B3.81$284.97M$7.2524.16 Is GGG or MSA more profitable? Graco has a net margin of 22.26% compared to MSA Safety Incorporporated's net margin of 15.77%. MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on equity of 27.65% beat Graco's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Graco22.26% 19.05% 15.77% MSA Safety Incorporporated 15.77%27.65%13.77% Is GGG or MSA a better dividend stock? Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Graco pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 29.2% 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. Graco has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years and MSA Safety Incorporporated has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years. Do analysts recommend GGG or MSA? Graco presently has a consensus target price of $94.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.43%. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a consensus target price of $189.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.02%. Given Graco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Graco is more favorable than MSA Safety Incorporporated.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Graco 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60MSA Safety Incorporporated 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Does the media favor GGG or MSA? In the previous week, Graco had 26 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Graco and 9 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Graco's score of 0.76 indicating that MSA Safety Incorporporated is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Graco 14 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Positive MSA Safety Incorporporated 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders believe in GGG or MSA? 93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Graco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. SummaryGraco beats MSA Safety Incorporporated on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get MSA Safety Incorporporated News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MSA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MSA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MSA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMSA Safety IncorporporatedPROTECTION IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$6.99B$2.10B$7.60B$20.63BDividend Yield1.19%1.83%4.56%3.67%P/E Ratio24.1643.5324.9629.01Price / Sales3.813.4298.6565.92Price / Cash18.9665.3627.7622.82Price / Book6.048.864.314.43Net Income$284.97M$110.42M$795.64M$993.74M7 Day Performance-2.71%-6.13%-1.80%-3.39%1 Month Performance0.93%-2.81%2.40%-2.10%1 Year Performance-3.66%145.39%29.73%10.09% MSA Safety Incorporporated Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MSAMSA Safety Incorporporated4.4865 of 5 stars$175.16-1.5%$189.20+8.0%-5.3%$6.99B$1.81B24.165,200News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsGGGGraco4.2563 of 5 stars$86.25-0.6%$93.00+7.8%+0.2%$14.42B$2.15B30.484,300Analyst RevisionITTITT4.2121 of 5 stars$156.80-1.5%$173.25+10.5%+17.8%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAVYAvery Dennison4.9197 of 5 stars$178.90+0.2%$197.50+10.4%-22.6%$13.99B$8.75B20.6135,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementHNIHNI4.8718 of 5 stars$50.71-0.5%$71.00+40.0%-6.1%$2.36B$2.53B18.057,700PBIPitney Bowes3.2658 of 5 stars$12.43+3.3%N/A+77.8%$2.27B$2.03B-13.657,200News CoverageEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseBuyback AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionTILEInterface4.8924 of 5 stars$20.39-1.0%$30.00+47.1%+48.8%$1.20B$1.32B14.063,636Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap UpSCSSteelcase4.8482 of 5 stars$10.28+1.1%$16.00+55.7%-28.1%$1.18B$3.17B9.9811,300Positive NewsACCOAcco Brands4.9867 of 5 stars$3.78+0.7%$6.00+58.9%-30.9%$340.13M$1.67B-3.345,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionNLNL Industries1.6922 of 5 stars$6.43-0.5%$6.00-6.6%-6.2%$313.85M$148.24M5.142,820Upcoming EarningsALLEAllegion4.7878 of 5 stars$149.63-2.1%$151.57+1.3%+24.7%$12.88B$3.77B21.0214,400Analyst UpgradeInsider Trade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GGG Competitors ITT Competitors AVY Competitors HNI Competitors PBI Competitors TILE Competitors SCS Competitors ACCO Competitors NL Competitors ALLE Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MSA) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners379 passengers walked away from thisWhy Elon Musk Just Invested $51 Million Into Brand New “Miracle Metal” Developed by MIT ScientistsTrue Market Insiders | Sponsored$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost TownJeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could...Brownstone Research | SponsoredMarket Crash Warning: How to Protect Your Wealth Before August 12thChina tariffs hit August 12—and experts warn a market meltdown may follow. 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