MSA Safety Inc [MSA] stock is trading at $157.42, up 2.05%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MSA shares have gain 5.38% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.31%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
MSA Safety Inc [NYSE: MSA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 19, 2024, when DA Davidson initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $195. Previously, Jefferies started tracking the stock with Hold rating on December 12, 2024, and set its price target to $200. On November 05, 2024, B. Riley Securities initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $200 on the stock. William Blair upgraded its rating to a Outperform. Sidoti upgraded its rating to a Buy but $183 remained the price target by the analyst firm on December 07, 2021. Sidoti upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on March 24, 2020, but kept the price target unchanged to $113. In a note dated January 10, 2019, William Blair initiated an Mkt Perform rating.
MSA Safety Inc [MSA] stock has fluctuated between $127.86 and $200.60 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $197.5 within the next 12 months. MSA Safety Inc [NYSE: MSA] shares were valued at $157.42 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 25.46% based on the average MSA price forecast.
Analyzing the MSA fundamentals
MSA Safety Inc [NYSE:MSA] reported sales of 1.82B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.94%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.47% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.21%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.21%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.13, Equity is 0.26 and Total Capital is 0.2.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 152.30 points at the first support level, and at 147.17 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 160.89, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 164.36.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, MSA Safety Inc’s Current Ratio is 2.79. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.76, while the Cash Ratio is 0.61. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.40, the price to book ratio is 5.42 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.85.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Buck Jonathan D., Chief Accounting Officer, that happened on Feb 24 ’25 when 717.0 shares were sold. CEO, Vartanian Nishan J. completed a deal on Jul 31 ’24 to sell 3945.0 shares. Meanwhile, Non-Executive Director NISHAN J VARTANIAN & PAMELA A bought 3945.0 shares on Jul 31 ’24.
