MSA
MSA Safety
Data as of 2026-09-05
Company attributes
Price
Interactive 5-year price history chart for MSA. Latest close $187.71.
Pillar breakdown
0–100 percentile rank against the current universe (sector-relative for Quality / Value / Growth / Profitability)
- QualityProfit margins & asset efficiency87ExceptionalIndustrials median (n=263) 50
- ValuePrice vs fundamentals47AverageIndustrials median (n=263) 50
- GrowthRevenue & earnings trajectory79ExceptionalIndustrials median (n=263) 51
- MomentumRecent price strength59StrongIndustrials median (n=263) 48
- HealthBalance sheet & solvency76ExceptionalIndustrials median (n=263) 57
- ProfitabilityROE, ROA, ROIC79ExceptionalIndustrials median (n=263) 50
- TechnicalTrend & volatility signals52AverageIndustrials median (n=263) 41
- RiskVolatility & drawdown profile57StrongIndustrials median (n=263) 48
Pillars not shown: Sentiment, ML (Phase 5+).
Fair price check
4 different valuation methods each estimate what MSA should be worth, then we compare to today's price.
- P/E multiplesFairthinks it's fairly priced — estimates $211.67, about 13% above today
- EV/EBITDAFairthinks it's fairly priced — estimates $186.25, about 1% below today
- P/B multiplesOvervaluedthinks it's expensive — estimates $83.74, about 55% below today
- DCF (2-stage)Overvaluedthinks it's expensive — estimates $41.47, about 78% below today
How to read this: “Cheap” = method's fair price is at least 20% above today. “Fair” = within ±10–20%. “Pricey” = at least 10% below today. Outliers (values more than 5× or less than 0.2× today's price) are excluded.
Fair price ensemble
- Median fair
- $134.99
- Margin of safety(vs fair value)
- -39.1%
- Max (ex-outliers)
- $211.67
- Tangible BVPS
- —
Median of all applicable methods (current price $187.71). Per-method estimates + each method’s cheap/fair/pricey read are in the Fair price check above. Outliers above 5× or below 0.2× current price are excluded from the max but kept in the median. See methodology for the 6-method ensemble + 7 defenses.
Defense layer. Flags mark elevated risk, never confirmed fraud. This model cannot catch every manipulation and decays after publication — weigh it against its stated error rates.
Supporting dataRaw fundamentals & data-quality provenance behind the scores above
Raw fundamentals (SEC EDGAR)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $7.24B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $1.95B |
| Net income (TTM) | $314.01M |
| Operating cash flow (TTM) | $405.88M |
| CapEx (TTM) | $51.58M |
| Free cash flow (TTM)CFO − CapEx | $354.30M |
| Total assets | $2.60B |
| Total liabilities | $1.20B |
| Stockholders' equity | $834.39M |
| Cash & equivalents | $200.06M |
| Shares outstanding | 38.58M |
| EPS (basic) | $8.14 |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.14 |
| P/E ratio (TTM) | 23.06 |
TTM = trailing twelve months. Balance sheet items are point-in-time (latest filing).
Data quality
- Latest filed date
- 2026-07-31
- Latest period end
- 2026-07-24
- Filing lag
- 36 days
- Missing metrics
- none
Composite is the 8-pillar weighted score over quality, value, growth, momentum, health, profitability, technical, and risk. Sentiment + ML pillars are reserved for a later phase; until then their weight redistributes pro-rata. Fair price is the median of 6 valuation methods (Graham, P/E / P/B / EV-EBITDA multiples, RIM, DCF) with outliers above 5× current price excluded from the max. Risk-overlay flags annotate only — they suppress the entered-top-5 badge but do not modify the composite.