Stock Research: MSA Safety

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MSA Safety

NYSE:MSA US5534981064
35
  • Value
    75
  • Growth
    17
  • Safety
    Safety
    46
  • Combined
    28
  • Sentiment
    60
  • 360° View
    360° View
    35
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Company Description

MSA Safety Incorporated provides advanced safety products, technologies, and solutions. The company operates in the fire service, detection, and industrial personal protective equipment (PPE) industries, offering brands like V-Gard helmets. It serves markets across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. In the last fiscal year, the company had 5200 employees, a market cap of $6708 million, profits of $860 million, and revenue of $1808 million.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 35 (better than 35% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock MSA Safety are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for MSA Safety. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 60, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 60% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 75 or better than 75% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 46, meaning that the share price of MSA Safety is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 17. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
46 73 57 67
Growth
17 25 45 43
Safety
Safety
75 74 48 73
Sentiment
60 73 77 23
360° View
360° View
35 82 65 41
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
42 36 95 52
Opinions Change
82 68 50 13
Pro Holdings
n/a 100 81 69
Market Pulse
31 31 24 32
Sentiment
60 73 77 23
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
46 73 57 67
Growth
17 25 45 43
Safety Safety
75 74 48 73
Combined
28 72 52 67
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
39 56 39 32
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
23 32 37 54
Price vs. Book (P/B)
17 36 16 30
Dividend Yield
84 94 92 94
Value
46 73 57 67
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
37 31 25 37
Profit Growth
34 37 75 40
Capital Growth
5 25 7 57
Stock Returns
59 53 71 69
Growth
17 25 45 43
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
68 58 36 59
Refinancing
23 25 17 21
Liquidity
83 88 88 87
Safety Safety
75 74 48 73

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