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MSA Safety

NYSE:MSA US5534981064
26
  • Value
    77
  • Growth
    13
  • Safety
    Safety
    42
  • Combined
    14
  • Sentiment
    50
  • 360° View
    360° View
    26
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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 26 (better than 26% 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 50, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 50% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 77 or better than 77% 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 42, 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 13. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
42 73 57 67
Growth
13 25 45 43
Safety
Safety
77 74 48 73
Sentiment
50 73 77 23
360° View
360° View
26 82 65 41
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
42 36 95 52
Opinions Change
50 68 50 13
Pro Holdings
n/a 100 81 69
Market Pulse
27 31 24 32
Sentiment
50 73 77 23
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
42 73 57 67
Growth
13 25 45 43
Safety Safety
77 74 48 73
Combined
14 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)
21 32 37 54
Price vs. Book (P/B)
18 36 16 30
Dividend Yield
84 94 92 94
Value
42 73 57 67
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
34 31 25 37
Profit Growth
32 37 75 40
Capital Growth
1 25 7 57
Stock Returns
55 53 71 69
Growth
13 25 45 43
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
68 58 36 59
Refinancing
25 25 17 21
Liquidity
83 88 88 87
Safety Safety
77 74 48 73

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