What is William Blair’s Forecast for MSA Q2 Earnings?

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) – Stock analysts at William Blair issued their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 29th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $2.21 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for MSA Safety Incorporporated’s current full-year earnings is $8.06 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for MSA Safety Incorporporated’s Q3 2026 earnings at $2.11 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.60 EPS.

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The industrial products company reported $1.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.90 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $468.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $461.37 million. MSA Safety Incorporporated had a return on equity of 25.23% and a net margin of 15.02%.MSA Safety Incorporporated’s quarterly revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.83 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on MSA. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Stifel Nicolaus began coverage on MSA Safety Incorporporated in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. They set a “hold” rating and a $182.00 target price on the stock. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on MSA Safety Incorporporated from $183.00 to $203.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised MSA Safety Incorporporated from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 16th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $189.20.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of MSA stock opened at $157.15 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.17 and a beta of 0.99. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a twelve month low of $127.86 and a twelve month high of $182.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $169.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $167.07.

Institutional Trading of MSA Safety Incorporporated

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of MSA. Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in the second quarter worth approximately $158,997,000. M&G PLC raised its stake in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 5,607.2% in the second quarter. M&G PLC now owns 722,251 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $121,338,000 after purchasing an additional 709,596 shares during the last quarter. Champlain Investment Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 28.4% in the first quarter. Champlain Investment Partners LLC now owns 1,738,675 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $255,046,000 after acquiring an additional 384,365 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in the second quarter valued at approximately $52,167,000. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group grew its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 4,260.1% in the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 204,314 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $34,188,000 after acquiring an additional 199,628 shares in the last quarter. 92.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, President Stephanie L. Sciullo sold 2,361 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.51, for a total transaction of $400,213.11. Following the transaction, the president directly owned 9,083 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,539,659.33. This represents a 20.63% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.70% of the company’s stock.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 10th. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.5625 per share. This is an increase from MSA Safety Incorporporated’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. This represents a $2.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. MSA Safety Incorporporated’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 29.90%.

About MSA Safety Incorporporated

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.