MSA vs. DCI, GGG, ITT, AVY, HNI, SCS, PBI, TILE, ACCO, and NL
Should you be buying MSA Safety Incorporporated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSA Safety Incorporporated include Donaldson (DCI), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Avery Dennison (AVY), HNI (HNI), Steelcase (SCS), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Interface (TILE), Acco Brands (ACCO), and NL Industries (NL).
MSA Safety Incorporporated vs. Its Competitors
Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) and MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) 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, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Donaldson pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 30.2% 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. Donaldson has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and MSA Safety Incorporporated has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years.
82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Donaldson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Donaldson had 6 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Donaldson and 2 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Donaldson's score of 0.89 indicating that MSA Safety Incorporporated is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Donaldson presently has a consensus target price of $80.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.74%. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a consensus target price of $189.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.87%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSA Safety Incorporporated is more favorable than Donaldson.
Donaldson has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
MSA Safety Incorporporated beats Donaldson on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MSA) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff