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MSA Safety

NYQ:MSA US5534981064
60
  • Value
    51
  • Growth
    49
  • Safety
    Safety
    90
  • Combined
    82
  • Sentiment
    31
  • 360° View
    360° View
    60
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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: With an Obermatt 360° View of 60 (better than 60% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock MSA Safety are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for MSA Safety. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 51, which means that the share price of MSA Safety is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 51% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 90. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 31. Professional investors are more confident in 69% other stocks. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 49, which means that the company is below average in terms of growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. 51 of its competitors have better growth. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Capital Growth
Weakest Rank Safety
Country USA
Industry Office Services & Supplies
Size Large
Website in.msasafety.com
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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: 17-Sep-2026.

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Combined
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
51 73 57 67
Growth
49 25 45 43
Safety
Safety
90 74 48 73
Sentiment
31 73 77 23
360° View
360° View
60 82 65 41
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
18 36 95 52
Opinions Change
50 68 50 13
Pro Holdings
n/a 100 81 69
Market Pulse
49 31 24 32
Sentiment
31 73 77 23
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
51 73 57 67
Growth
49 25 45 43
Safety Safety
90 74 48 73
Combined
82 72 52 67
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
28 32 37 54
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
42 56 39 32
Price vs. Book (P/B)
35 36 16 30
Dividend Yield
75 94 92 94
Value
51 73 57 67
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
75 31 25 37
Profit Growth
54 37 75 40
Capital Growth
12 25 7 57
Stock Returns
72 53 71 69
Growth
49 25 45 43
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
75 58 36 59
Refinancing
67 25 17 21
Liquidity
74 88 88 87
Safety Safety
90 74 48 73

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This stock is a good value with safe financing, but has low growth and negative sentiment. It is a good option for a cautious value investor looking for stability but who can tolerate low momentum and skeptical professional opinion.

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