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MSA Safety Inc

IndustrialsMedical Instruments
Ticker MSACRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $36.09Diluted shares 38.8M

MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) designs, manufactures and sells safety products and solutions that protect workers and facility infrastructure in hazardous environments. Its products serve customers in fire service, energy, utilities, construction, industrial manufacturing and HVAC-R, through distributors and… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, MSA Safety Inc reported revenue of $1.87B, up 3.7% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $278.92M. Its operating margin was 19.8%, and operations generated $363.87M in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $1.95B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$1.87BFY2025
+3.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.95B
19.83%FY2025
−1.7 percentage points
Last 12 mo 21.23%
$278.92MFY2025
−2.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $314.01M
20.62%FY2025
−4.7 percentage points
Last 12 mo 22.40%
Cash & financing
$363.87MFY2025
+22.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $405.88M
$295.43MFY2025
+22.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $354.30M
0.42FY2025
Was 0.44× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.43
39.3MFY2025
−0.5% year over year
Last 12 mo 38.8M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What MSA Safety Inc does

In the company’s own words

MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) designs, manufactures and sells safety products and solutions that protect workers and facility infrastructure in hazardous environments. Its products serve customers in fire service, energy, utilities, construction, industrial manufacturing and HVAC-R, through distributors and direct sales channels. The company’s principal categories are detection, fire service and industrial personal protective equipment. Products include fixed and portable gas and flame detection systems, self-contained breathing apparatus, firefighter helmets and protective apparel, industrial helmets, fall-protection equipment, respirators and eye and face protection. Its MSA+ ecosystem combines hardware, software and services for safety operations. MSA reports two segments, Americas and International, which serve regional customer needs. Major brands include Cairns and Gallet firefighter helmets, Globe and Bristol Uniforms protective apparel, and V-Gard industrial helmets. In 2025, MSA acquired M&C TechGroup, a provider of gas analysis systems. The company employed approximately 5,300 people worldwide at year-end 2025 and had more than 1,800 authorized distributor locations. Its website is www.MSAsafety.com.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Medical Instruments
Headquarters
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
66570
SIC
3842

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-194.63M$389.26M$973.16M$1.56B$2.14B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns MSA Safety Inc — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

373
funds hold it
2 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$2.68B
held by funds, at market
40.3%
of shares held by funds

Superinvestors in MSA Safety Inc · what they did last quarter

Ruane CunniffDECREASED -3.1%
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb (Sequoia)
4.7%of 13F portfolio
Francois RochonNEW
Giverny Capital
1.0%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · MSA Safety Inc’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF
IJH · iShares Trust
0.17%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.08%of fund net assets
3.25%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP VALUE INDEX FUND
VBR · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.14%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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