MSA Safety Inc [MSA] stock is trading at $184.64, up 0.88%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MSA shares have gain 6.13% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 15.93%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, DA Davidson started tracking the stock with Buy rating on December 19, 2024, and set its price target to $195. On December 12, 2024, Jefferies initiated with a Hold rating and assigned a price target of $200 on the stock. B. Riley Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $200 on November 05, 2024. William Blair upgraded its rating to a Outperform. Sidoti upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on December 07, 2021, but kept the price target unchanged to $183. In a note dated March 24, 2020, Sidoti upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $113.
MSA Safety Inc [MSA] stock has fluctuated between $127.86 and $183.07 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $178.25 within the next 12 months. MSA Safety Inc [NYSE: MSA] shares were valued at $184.64 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -3.46% based on the average MSA price forecast.
Analyzing the MSA fundamentals
MSA Safety Inc [NYSE:MSA] reported sales of 1.86B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 8.27%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.46% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.2%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.23 and Total Capital is 0.17. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.52.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, MSA Safety Inc’s Current Ratio is 3.08. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.86, while the Cash Ratio is 0.59. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.88, the price to book ratio is 5.57 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.01.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Buck Jonathan D., Chief Accounting Officer, that happened on Nov 25 ’25 when 333.0 shares were sold. President, Sciullo Stephanie L completed a deal on Sep 12 ’25 to sell 2361.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Sciullo Stephanie L bought 2361.0 shares on Sep 12 ’25.
