MSA Safety
MSA NYSE· Office Services & Supplies
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$182.57
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- MSA Safety had $1.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 3.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 19.8%, down 1.7 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 20 is left after running the business.
- MSA Safety made $279M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 12.7% a year.
- Free cash flow was $295M in fiscal 2025, 15.8% of revenue.
- MSA Safety returned $172M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 58% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.5%.
- MSA Safety owes $416M more than it holds in cash, about 0.9 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$7.1B
P/E
22.7x
Revenue
$1.9B
Net income
$279M
Free cash flow
$295M
Operating margin
19.8%
MSA Safety in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+3.7%
Only a little. Sales grew 3.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
14.9%
Yes. It keeps 14.9% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
15.8%
Yes. 15.8% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
0.9x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.9 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
22.7x
One share costs 22.7 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 26.0x.
What MSA Safety does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 12, 2026
- Legal name
- MSA SAFETY INC
- CIK
- 0000066570
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.9B |
| Revenue growth | 3.9% | 9.1% | 17.0% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 44.0% | 44.1% | 47.7% | 47.6% | 46.5% |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 15.7% | 12.9% | 21.5% | 19.8% |
| Net income | $21.3M | $180M | $58.6M | $285M | $279M |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 11.8% | 3.3% | 15.8% | 14.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.54 | $4.56 | $1.48 | $7.21 | $7.09 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $199M | $158M | $92.9M | $296M | $364M |
| Capital expenditure | $43.8M | $42.6M | $42.8M | $54.2M | $68.4M |
| Free cash flow | $155M | $115M | $50.1M | $242M | $295M |
| FCF margin | 11.1% | 7.5% | 2.8% | 13.4% | 15.8% |
| Dividends paid | $68.6M | $71.5M | $73.5M | $78.8M | $82.3M |
| Share buybacks | $6.2M | $34.4M | $4.0M | $37.3M | $90.0M |
| Share count change | 0.4% | −0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | −0.5% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $141M | $163M | $146M | $165M | $165M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $598M | $573M | $602M | $508M | $581M |
| Shareholders' equity | $834M | $924M | $967M | $1.1B | $1.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.7x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 0.8x | 0.9x |
| Current ratio | 2.4x | 2.5x | 2.4x | 2.8x | 3.0x |
| Interest coverage | 2.1x | 11.0x | 5.0x | 10.6x | 11.7x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 1.8% | 13.7% | 8.4% | 20.3% | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 2.6% | 20.4% | 6.2% | 27.0% | 22.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$4.2M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSA Safety MSA | $7.1B | 3.7% | 19.8% | 15.8% | 17.3% | 22.7x | 6 |
| Pitney Bowes PBI | $2.4B | −6.6% | — | 16.8% | 27.7% | 14.0x | 6 |
| MillerKnoll MLKN | $1.5B | 4.7% | 5.2% | 2.0% | 6.1% | 14.9x | 7 |
| RBC Bearings RBC | $15.1B | 14.3% | 22.5% | 18.3% | 8.0% | 47.2x | 6 |
| Hexcel HXL | $6.1B | −0.5% | 9.1% | 8.3% | 6.5% | 35.9x | 6 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $182.57 a share, the company is worth $7.1B: 22.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
MSA Safety grew sales faster than 2 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 2 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000066570). Data updated October 16, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.