MSA Safety Inc financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
MSA on NYSE, MNESP on OTC
Location
Cranberry Township, PA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
12 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • MSA - MSA Safety Inc financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 22%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-18%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 06 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-06) highlights Return On Equity 22.2%, Return On Assets 11.7%, and Operating Margin 19.8%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

69.7/100

Balanced Confidence medium

Return On Equity

22%

Metric score 83.7/100

Return On Assets

12%

Metric score 100.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
3.01x
Quick Ratio
1.63x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Watchpoints

NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

22%

YoY: -18%

Industry median: -56% (n=37)

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Return On Assets

12%

YoY: -10%

Industry median: -39% (n=37)

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Operating Margin

20%

YoY: -7.9%

Industry median: -43% (n=28)

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Current Ratio

3.01x

YoY: +7.8%

Industry median: 2.67x (n=37)

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Quick Ratio

1.63x

YoY: +5.8%

Industry median: 1.61x (n=32)

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Revenues YoY

3.7%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.3% (n=28)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-2.1%

YoY:

Industry median: -2.1% (n=37)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 22% -18%
Return On Assets 12% -10%
Operating Margin 20% -7.9%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 3.01x +7.8%
Quick Ratio 1.63x +5.8%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 3.7%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -2.1%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 38,774,722 -1.2%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 38,912,629 -0.88%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 39,216,000 -0.39%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 39,346,000 -0.48%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $1,874,814,000 +3.7%
Research and Development Expense $65,343,000 -1.8%
Operating Income (Loss) $371,818,000 -4.5%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $5,420,000 +62%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $366,398,000 -2.3%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $87,474,000 -2.8%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 7.11 -1.7%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 7.08 -1.8%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $165,067,000 +0.31%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $306,452,000 +9.8%
Inventory, Net $343,035,000 +16%
Assets, Current $869,292,000 +8.3%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $20,991,000 -20%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $283,063,000 +34%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $56,930,000 +1.5%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $299,127,000 +21%
Goodwill $731,592,000 +18%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $13,929,000 -16%
Assets $2,554,374,000 +16%
Accounts Payable, Current $110,775,000 +2.4%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $57,640,000 +5.1%
Liabilities, Current $289,211,000 +0.39%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $127,540,000 +18%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $46,151,000 +0.36%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $7,917,000 +64%
Liabilities $1,187,362,000 +12%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $41,781,000 +71%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $1,546,230,000 +15%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $1,367,012,000 +20%
Liabilities and Equity $2,554,374,000 +16%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $15,197,000 -16%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 180,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 62,081,391 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $165,992,000 +0.54%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $4,464,000 -7.3%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $69,873,000 +13%
Operating Lease, Liability $59,400,000 +3.5%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $69,300,000 +2.4%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $811,740,000 +18%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $13,200,000 +16%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $11,900,000 +6.2%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $15,200,000 +14%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.0397 +4.2%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $9,900,000 -3.9%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $9,300,000 +9.4%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $8,078,000 +20%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $4,285,000 +237%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $7,000,000 +7.7%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $71,591,000 +11%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $65,409,000 +15%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 50,000 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY