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MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA) Competitors

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$165.09 +0.05 (+0.03%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$165.06 -0.02 (-0.01%)
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MSA vs. DCI, GGG, ITT, AVY, HNI, PBI, SCS, 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), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), Acco Brands (ACCO), and NL Industries (NL).

MSA Safety Incorporporated vs. Its 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.

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MSA Safety Incorporporated$1.83B3.54$284.97M$7.0123.55
Donaldson$3.69B2.60$367M$3.0527.15

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

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.

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

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.

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 Incorporporated15.15% 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.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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MSA vs. The Competition

MetricMSA Safety IncorporporatedPROTECTION IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.46B$2.23B$7.86B$21.76B
Dividend Yield1.27%1.76%4.59%3.62%
P/E Ratio23.5519.24285.8432.43
Price / Sales3.544.791,248.9758.85
Price / Cash17.5973.0227.9124.38
Price / Book5.6912.934.794.59
Net Income$284.97M$109.95M$790.12M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.14%-1.42%0.15%1.31%
1 Month Performance-3.21%-4.40%1.50%-1.47%
1 Year Performance-4.20%15.11%26.64%9.54%

MSA Safety Incorporporated Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSA
MSA Safety Incorporporated
4.7782 of 5 stars
$165.09
+0.0%
$189.20
+14.6%
-4.8%$6.46B$1.83B23.555,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DCI
Donaldson
4.5103 of 5 stars
$81.08
+1.5%
$80.33
-0.9%
+10.8%$9.39B$3.69B26.5815,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GGG
Graco
4.5797 of 5 stars
$81.05
+1.0%
$94.50
+16.6%
-4.1%$13.43B$2.11B28.744,300News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ITT
ITT
4.7449 of 5 stars
$171.77
+0.5%
$190.89
+11.1%
+15.3%$13.40B$3.70B27.0111,700Trending News
Analyst Revision
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.8781 of 5 stars
$157.58
-0.7%
$195.30
+23.9%
-27.0%$12.29B$8.76B17.6935,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HNI
HNI
4.7094 of 5 stars
$43.72
+1.4%
$75.00
+71.6%
-20.9%$2.00B$2.58B14.197,700
PBI
Pitney Bowes
3.1281 of 5 stars
$11.00
+0.5%
N/A+59.4%$1.89B$2.03B-18.337,200Positive News
SCS
Steelcase
2.5865 of 5 stars
$16.49
+1.2%
N/A+25.1%$1.89B$3.17B16.0111,300Positive News
TILE
Interface
4.5097 of 5 stars
$26.61
+1.5%
$32.00
+20.3%
+36.6%$1.55B$1.32B16.433,636Analyst Forecast
ACCO
Acco Brands
4.9114 of 5 stars
$3.84
+2.8%
$6.00
+56.5%
-27.9%$345.66M$1.58B8.165,000News Coverage
Positive News
NL
NL Industries
2.5825 of 5 stars
$5.92
+1.1%
N/A-29.2%$289.01M$145.90M5.382,820High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:MSA) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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