MSA Safety Incorporated (MSA): Price and Financial Metrics

MSA POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where MSA ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 98.66% of US stocks.
• MSA's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 26 weeks.
• MSA ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 8th percentile.

MSA Stock Summary

• MSA SAFETY INC's stock had its IPO on March 26, 1990, making it an older stock than 84.83% of US equities in our set.
• With a price/earnings ratio of 192.77, MSA SAFETY INC P/E ratio is greater than that of about 96.96% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, MSA SAFETY INC is reporting a growth rate of 118.53%; that's higher than 91.04% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to MSA SAFETY INC, a group of peers worth examining would be HLLY, ROVR, ANIP, PEN, and PCRX.
• MSA's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit MSA SAFETY INC's official web site, go to www.msasafety.com.

MSA Valuation Summary

• MSA's price/sales ratio is 3.8; this is 216.67% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, MSA's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MSA.

MSA Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -28.13%.
• The 2 year price growth rate now stands at 7.25%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 0.38%.

MSA's revenue has moved up $149,791,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows MSA's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	1,527.953	157.455	179.63
2022-09-30	1,494.966	172.905	69.119
2022-06-30	1,453.469	155.207	43.036
2022-03-31	1,422.445	178.052	20.468
2021-12-31	1,400.182	199.145	21.34
2021-09-30	1,378.162	226.543	92.7

MSA's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• MSA has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 69.54% of graded US stocks.
• MSA's asset turnover comes in at 0.686 -- ranking 54th of 186 Medical Equipment stocks.
• BIOL, TCMD, and COO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with MSA.

The table below shows MSA's key quality metrics over time.