Q1 Earnings Forecast for MSA Safety Issued By William Blair

MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE:MSA) – Stock analysts at William Blair reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of MSA Safety in a research report issued on Wednesday, December 18th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.71 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.73. The consensus estimate for MSA Safety’s current full-year earnings is $7.64 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.

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

MSA Safety Price Performance

Shares of NYSE MSA opened at $167.52 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 2.68. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $172.04 and a 200 day moving average of $177.80. The firm has a market cap of $6.59 billion, a PE ratio of 24.21 and a beta of 0.99. MSA Safety has a one year low of $160.02 and a one year high of $200.60.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On MSA Safety

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in MSA Safety by 11.0% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 45,334 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $8,509,000 after buying an additional 4,497 shares in the last quarter. Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of MSA Safety in the second quarter valued at about $795,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of MSA Safety by 3.2% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 738,951 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $138,695,000 after purchasing an additional 22,979 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC acquired a new stake in MSA Safety during the second quarter worth about $2,322,000. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC raised its stake in MSA Safety by 2,362.5% during the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 11,303 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,119,000 after purchasing an additional 10,844 shares during the period. 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. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th were paid a dividend of $0.51 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 15th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.22%. MSA Safety’s dividend 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.