William Blair Has Pessimistic View of MSA Safety Q1 Earnings

MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE:MSA) – Stock analysts at William Blair decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for MSA Safety in a research note issued on Wednesday, December 18th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.71 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.73. The consensus estimate for MSA Safety’s current full-year earnings is $7.66 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for MSA Safety’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.16 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.01 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.48 EPS.

MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $432.68 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $449.95 million. MSA Safety had a net margin of 15.16% and a return on equity of 29.14%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.78 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on shares of MSA Safety in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $200.00 target price for the company. B. Riley started coverage on shares of MSA Safety in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $200.00 price objective for the company. Finally, DA Davidson started coverage on MSA Safety in a report on Thursday. They set a “buy” rating and a $195.00 price objective on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $202.50.

MSA Safety Trading Down 1.3 %

MSA stock opened at $165.37 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $171.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $177.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 2.68 and a quick ratio of 1.56. MSA Safety has a fifty-two week low of $160.02 and a fifty-two week high of $200.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.90 and a beta of 0.99.

Institutional Trading of MSA Safety

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Cooke & Bieler LP acquired a new position in shares of MSA Safety in the 2nd quarter valued at $60,236,000. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in MSA Safety by 219.8% in the second quarter. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC now owns 306,943 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $57,610,000 after purchasing an additional 210,968 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in MSA Safety by 27.6% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 781,705 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $138,658,000 after buying an additional 169,168 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in MSA Safety by 748.6% during the second quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 65,552 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $12,303,000 after buying an additional 57,827 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its holdings in MSA Safety by 2.5% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,691,319 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $299,939,000 after buying an additional 40,569 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.51% of the company’s stock.

MSA Safety Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th were paid a $0.51 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 15th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.23%. MSA Safety’s payout ratio is presently 29.48%.

About MSA Safety

MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products and technology solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures in the fire service, energy, utility, construction, and industrial manufacturing applications, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries worldwide.