Mine Safety Appliances/$MSA
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About Mine Safety Appliances
MSA Safety Inc makes safety products that are used to protect workers in the oil and gas and mining industries. The company's product offerings include breathing apparatuses, fall protection, portable gas detection systems, industrial head protection, fire and rescue helmets, and fixed gas and flame detection systems, among others. The end markets for its products include the fire service, contractor, industrial, mining, oil and gas, and utilities industries. The company has organized its business into four geographical operating segments that are aggregated into two reportable segments: Americas and International. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Americas segment, which is comprised of the company's operations in Northern North America and Latin America geographies.
- Ticker
- $MSA
- Sector
- Business services
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 5,300
- Headquarters
- Cranberry Township, United States
- Website
- www.msasafety.com
MSA Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$6.9B
22.21
$8.04
0.94
$2.14
1.21%
Price and volume
Market cap
$6.9B
Beta
0.94
52-week high
$208.92
52-week low
$151.11
Average daily volume
231K
Dividend rate
$2.14
Financial strength
Current ratio
3.236
Quick ratio
1.897
Long term debt to equity
0.453
Total debt to equity
0.428
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
26.39%
Interest coverage (TTM)
14.04%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
517.21
Gross margin (TTM)
47.57%
Net profit margin (TTM)
16.13%
Operating margin (TTM)
23.34%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
23.43%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$370,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
11.07%
Return on equity (TTM)
23.66%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
22.206
Price to revenue (TTM)
3.572
Price to book
4.93
Price to tangible book (TTM)
17.69
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
19.627
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.09%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
9.098
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.20%
Forward dividend yield
1.21%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
6.48%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
14.70%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.23%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.29%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
188.19%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
14.34%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-16.94%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
5.14%
What the Analysts think about MSA
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Mine Safety Appliances stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Mine Safety Appliances stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
MSA delivered 6% reported sales growth in the second quarter, with adjusted EPS up 24% and free cash flow of $83 million. This shows strong earnings and cash generation despite modest 3% organic sales growth. (MSA Safety Incorporated)
The completed Autronica deal adds a complementary fire and gas detection business with about $160 million of annual sales and access to a market valued at more than $3 billion. MSA expects the acquisition to add to adjusted EPS in its first full year of ownership. (MSA Safety, MSA Safety)
Product adoption is supporting growth: industrial PPE organic sales rose 16%, helped by demand for MSA’s H2 Type 2 helmet, while its connected MSA+ platform grew to 14% of portable gas detector sales from 10% a year earlier. (The Motley Fool)
Margins may ease after a strong first half: management expects 2026 adjusted gross margin of 47.5% to 48.5%, as higher transport and materials costs flow through, while a tariff refund boosted second-quarter margin by about 80 to 90 basis points. (The Motley Fool)
Fire Service organic sales fell 2% in the second quarter as orders tied to federal firefighter grants arrived more slowly than expected. That leaves a key source of demand dependent on the timing of public funding and deliveries. (MSA Safety Incorporated)
Detection sales were flat organically: growth in portable devices was offset by weaker fixed monitoring, where the Middle East conflict delayed demand and shipments. The disruption also affected MSA’s international detection business. (The Motley Fool)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 29 Oct 2026.
MSA Financial Performance
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MSA Earnings Performance
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Upcoming events
Funds containing MSA
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $MSA weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats€SPYD | $3.8B | 0.27% |
SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats£USDV | $3.8B | 0.27% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.4B | 0.19% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | $6.4B | 0.19% |
Xtrackers MSCI World Small Cap$XSWC | $183M | 0.06% |
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