MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) will likely be issuing its Q2 2025 quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Wednesday, July 23rd. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.81 per share and revenue of $446.46 million for the quarter.

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.59 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $421.34 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $402.60 million. MSA Safety Incorporporated had a return on equity of 27.65% and a net margin of 15.77%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.61 EPS. On average, analysts expect MSA Safety Incorporporated to post $8 EPS for the current fiscal year and $9 EPS for the next fiscal year.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Stock Performance

NYSE MSA opened at $170.58 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a quick ratio of 1.84 and a current ratio of 2.94. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $165.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is $159.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.53 and a beta of 0.95. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a fifty-two week low of $127.86 and a fifty-two week high of $200.61.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th were given a dividend of $0.53 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 15th. This is a boost from MSA Safety Incorporporated’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.24%. MSA Safety Incorporporated’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 29.24%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other MSA Safety Incorporporated news, Chairman Nishan J. Vartanian sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.32, for a total transaction of $4,839,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman directly owned 35,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,710,889.32. This trade represents a 45.87% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of MSA Safety Incorporporated

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of MSA. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new position in MSA Safety Incorporporated during the first quarter worth $501,000. Jane Street Group LLC increased its stake in MSA Safety Incorporporated by 44.7% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 4,401 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $646,000 after acquiring an additional 1,359 shares during the period. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased its position in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 39.8% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 47,391 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $6,953,000 after purchasing an additional 13,501 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on MSA shares. B. Riley reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $195.00 target price (down previously from $200.00) on shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Robert W. Baird set a $166.00 price target on MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Finally, DA Davidson cut their price objective on shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated from $188.00 to $183.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $191.80.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Company Profile

MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products and technology solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures in the fire service, energy, utility, construction, and industrial manufacturing applications, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries worldwide.