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
$6.7B
22.20
$7.79
0.91
$2.14
1.25%
Price and volume
Market cap
$6.7B
Beta
0.91
52-week high
$208.92
52-week low
$152.86
Average daily volume
278K
Dividend rate
$2.14
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.651
Quick ratio
1.502
Long term debt to equity
0.8
Total debt to equity
0.782
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
27.40%
Interest coverage (TTM)
12.18%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
529.877
Gross margin (TTM)
47.29%
Net profit margin (TTM)
15.03%
Operating margin (TTM)
22.89%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
24.22%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$380,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
9.94%
Return on equity (TTM)
22.13%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
22.203
Price to revenue (TTM)
3.333
Price to book
4.65
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-39.56
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
20.85
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
4.80%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
8.301
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.24%
Forward dividend yield
1.25%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
8.09%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
9.77%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.09%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.61%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
109.03%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
12.92%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-34.20%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
5.11%
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
Q3 sales rose 15% and organic revenue grew 6%, while adjusted EPS increased 8%; MSA kept its low-double-digit full-year sales growth outlook. Positive price and volume contributions show that growth is not coming only from acquisitions. (MSA Safety)
Organic orders rose by double digits and book-to-bill was above one in Q3; Fire Service and Industrial PPE sales grew organically by 9% and 7%. That demand gives MSA a broader base for growth beyond its acquisition. (The Motley Fool)
Connected safety is gaining commercial traction: a Northeast US utility signed a five-year ALTAIR io 6 agreement worth up to $10.6 million, MSA’s largest such order to date. Connected devices also rose to 15% of portable gas-detection sales, from 10% a year earlier. (MSA Safety, The Motley Fool)
Autronica is adding sales but weighing on reported profitability: Q3 adjusted operating margin fell 70 basis points to 21.4%, and GAAP EPS fell 15% as acquisition costs and amortisation hit results. The deal was neutral to adjusted EPS in the quarter, so its expected earnings benefit still needs to be delivered. (MSA Safety, The Motley Fool)
Organic detection sales grew only 2% in Q3, with fixed detection hurt by Middle East conditions. Management expects further pressure from the conflict and a tough comparison with large fixed-monitoring orders shipped a year earlier. (The Motley Fool)
Funding the Autronica purchase raised long-term debt to $1.09 billion and net leverage to 1.7 times at quarter end. Q3 free cash flow also fell to $68 million from $100 million a year earlier, which could limit financial flexibility if integration takes longer than planned. (MSA Safety)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 5 Nov 2026.
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Funds containing MSA
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Fund name | Fund size | $MSA weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats€SPYD | $3.8B | 0.25% |
SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats£USDV | $3.8B | 0.25% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.4B | 0.18% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | $6.4B | 0.18% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.06% |
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