MSA Safety Incorporated (MSA)

NYSE: MSA · USD

$177

-2.13 (-1.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	6.8B
Revenue (ttm)	1.9B
Net income (ttm)	313.9M
EPS (ttm)	$8.04
Shares out	38.6M
P/E (trailing)	22.0x
P/E (forward)	18.7x
Dividend	$2.16 (1.22%)
Volume	186,971
Beta	0.91

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.9B
Net income (ttm): 313.9M
EPS (ttm): $8.04
P/E (trailing): 22.0x
P/E (forward): 18.7x
Market cap: 6.8B

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AAL	American Airlines Group Inc.	8.3B	—	0.1x	3.0%	+20.0%	-6.9%	Hold
ADP	Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	113B	25.3x	5.1x	62.8%	+7.7%	+4.5%	Hold
ALLE	Allegion plc	15.2B	22.5x	3.5x	19.4%	+8.8%	+7.2%	Hold

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

Upcoming

DateLoading

Window—

EPS estimate—

Revenue estimate—

Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E18.7

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E22

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE23.7

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC19

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Benchmarks · 1M

All MSA indicators

Market & fundamental data

Available fields

287

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 287 of 287 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000066570
Company name	MSA Safety Incorporated
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	553498106
Earnings date	2026-11-02
Earnings time	amc
Employees	5,300
Employees change	100
Employees growth	1.92%
Enterprise value	$7.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1914
Industry	Security & Protection Services
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US5534981064
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-12
Last earnings date	2026-07-30
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2004-01-29
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$6.8B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-02
Options	Yes
Price	$177.03
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	3842
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	MSA
U.S. state	Pennsylvania
Website	https://www.msasafety.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	20.32x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	69.98x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	44.64x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	97.36x
Earnings yield	4.54%
EV/Earnings	23.37x
EV/EBIT	16.07x
EV/EBITDA	14.14x
EV/FCF	20.7x
EV/Sales	3.77x
FCF / EV yield	4.83%
FCF yield	5.14%
Forward EV/Sales	3.3x
Forward P/E	18.74x
Forward P/S	3.1x
Graham number	80.94902
Graham upside	-54.69%
Industry forward P/E	14.68x
Industry P/E	19.55x
Lynch fair value	$195.24
Lynch upside	9.28%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	20.54x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	17.81x
P/B ratio	4.95x
P/E ratio	22.01x
P/FCF ratio	19.45x
P/OCF ratio	16.98x
P/S ratio	3.54x
Price / tangible book value	17.84x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.29x
Sector forward P/E	26.24x
Sector P/E	40.28x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	23.45%
EBITDA margin	26.65%
Effective tax rate	23.43%
FCF margin	18.2%
Gross margin	47.57%
Operating margin	23.45%
Pretax margin	21.07%
Profit margin	16.13%
Profit per employee	$59,233
Profitable quarters	13
Profitable years	35
Revenue per employee	$367,230
ROA	11.07%
ROA (5Y)	9.82%
ROCE	19.73%
ROE	23.66%
ROE (5Y)	15.69%
ROIC	19%
ROIC (5Y)	17.1%
SBC / revenue	0.97%
Tax / revenue	4.94%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	14.7%
EPS growth (Q)	40.25%
EPS growth (QoQ)	21.86%
EPS growth 10Y	14.34%
EPS growth 3Y	188.19%
EPS growth 5Y	24.57%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	40.31%
FCF growth (Q)	118.31%
FCF growth (QoQ)	27.04%
FCF growth 5Y	17.52%
Gross profit growth	8.16%
Gross profit growth (Q)	12.95%
Gross profit growth 3Y	6.72%
Gross profit growth 5Y	9.64%
Net income growth	13.37%
Net income growth (Q)	37.31%
Net income growth (QoQ)	20.92%
Net income growth 3Y	187.24%
Net income growth 5Y	24.28%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	26.33%
OCF growth (Q)	41.89%
OCF growth (QoQ)	26.01%
OCF growth 10Y	21.05%
OCF growth 5Y	14.37%
Operating income growth	9.68%
Operating income growth (Q)	20.27%
Operating income growth 3Y	8.07%
Operating income growth 5Y	14.57%
Revenue growth	6.48%
Revenue growth (Q)	6.16%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	8.56%
Revenue growth 10Y	5.29%
Revenue growth 3Y	5.23%
Revenue growth 5Y	7.71%
Revenue growth quarters	7
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-51.6M
Depreciation and amortization	$62.3M
EBIT	$456.3M
EBITDA	$518.6M
EPS	$8.04
FCF per share	$9.18
Financing cash flow	$-285.4M
Free cash flow	$354.3M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$335.5M
Gross profit	$925.9M
Income taxes	$96.1M
Investing cash flow	$-53M
Net borrowing	$-77.1M
Net cash flow	$53.4M
Net income	$313.9M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$387.1M
Operating income	$456.3M
Revenue	$1.9B
Stock-based compensation	$18.8M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	5.86
Book value per share	$36.22
Debt / EBITDA	1.2
Debt / equity	0.46
Debt / FCF	1.82
Goodwill	$726.1M
Interest coverage	14.04
Long-term assets	$1.7B
Long-term liabilities	$911M
Net cash (debt)	$-443.5M
Net cash / market cap	-6.43%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.86
Net debt / equity	0.32
Net debt / FCF	1.25
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$331.6M
Shareholders' equity	$1.4B
Tangible book value	$386.3M
Tangible book value per share	$10.01
Total assets	$2.6B
Total cash	$200.1M
Total debt	$643.5M
Total liabilities	$1.2B
WACC	8.81%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.76
Current assets	$934.8M
Current liabilities	$288.9M
Current ratio	3.24
Inventory turnover	2.94
Net working capital	$454M
Quick ratio	1.9
Working capital	$645.9M
Working capital turnover	3.12

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.07%
Dividend growth	2.88%
Dividend growth (10Y)	5.11%
Dividend growth (3Y)	4.79%
Dividend growth (5Y)	4.23%
Dividend growth years	56
Dividend payment date	2026-09-10
Dividend payment years	56
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$2.16
Dividend yield	1.22%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-14
FCF payout ratio	23.52%
Last dividend	$0.54
Payout ratio	26.86%
Shareholder yield	2.28%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	220.8%
10Y return CAGR	13.94%
10Y total return	268.72%
150-day SMA	$175.31
15Y price change	407.18%
15Y return CAGR	13.52%
15Y total return	570.17%
1D price change	-1.19%
1M price change	-3.02%
1M total return	-3.02%
1W price change	-2.88%
1W total return	-2.88%
1Y price change	6.1%
1Y return CAGR	7.38%
1Y total return	7.37%
20-day SMA	$180.99
200-day SMA	$178.00
20Y price change	362.75%
20Y return CAGR	10.32%
20Y total return	613.3%
3M price change	0.75%
3M total return	1.04%
3Y price change	12.28%
3Y return CAGR	5.18%
3Y total return	16.35%
50-day SMA	$183.09
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$208.92
52-week high date	2026-02-12
52-week low	$151.11
52-week low date	2025-11-03
5Y price change	16.33%
5Y return CAGR	4.35%
5Y total return	23.72%
6M price change	3.51%
6M total return	4.13%
All-time high	$208.92
All-time high date	2026-02-12
All-time low	$3.50
All-time low date	1988-02-17
Average true range (ATR)	$3.80
Average volume	215.3K
Beta (1Y)	0.55
Beta (2Y)	0.83
Beta (5Y)	0.91
Change from 52-week high	-15.26%
Change from 52-week low	17.16%
Change from all-time high	-15.3%
Change from all-time low	4,955.86%
Change from open	-0.91%
Day's gap	-0.28%
Dollar volume	$33.1M
High price	$178.66
Low price	$176.59
Monthly RSI	52.47
Open price	$178.66
Position in 52-week range	21.26%
Premarket change	0.56%
Premarket close	$179.17
Premarket price	$180.18
Previous close	$179.17
Price vs 150-day SMA	0.94%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-2.23%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-0.58%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-3.35%
Relative volume	0.87
RSI	39.74
Sharpe ratio	0.25
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.25
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.12
Sortino ratio	0.62
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.64
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.42
Volume	187K
Weekly RSI	47.73
YTD price change	10.5%
YTD total return	11.45%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	36.2M
Float percentage	93.85%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.74%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.07%
Shares held by insiders	6.07%
Shares held by institutions	93.04%
Shares outstanding	38.6M
Short % of float	2.88%
Short % of shares	2.7%
Short ratio	4.2 days

Deeper analysis on MSA

14 sections in the full report · jump straight to what you need

Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

→

Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

→

Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

→

Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

→

Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

→

Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

→

Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

→

Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

→

Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

→

Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

→

Frequently asked questions

About this MSA report

Is a complete MSA research report available?

No complete published report is available for MSA Safety Incorporated (MSA) on this page. Market-directory data, when present, is not a substitute for a validated stock analysis.

MSA Safety Incorporated (MSA)

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · MSA

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All MSA indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Deeper analysis on MSA

Frequently asked questions