MSA is the ticker symbol for MSA Safety Inc, a publicly traded Healthcare sector company listed on NYSE. 13F Pro tracks MSA with AI-powered analysis, an AI quality score, SEC EDGAR financials, insider transactions, and institutional 13F holdings — all sourced directly from public SEC filings.

Is MSA a good stock to buy?

13F Pro's AI ranking engine scores MSA at 63.3/100, ranked #624 of 2,925 stocks on a composite quality score built from its SEC filings, covering profitability, growth, balance sheet strength, and free cash flow. The full AI verdict and bull/bear case for MSA is available at https://13fpro.ai/company/MSA. Not investment advice — review the underlying SEC filings before making any trade.

Where does 13F Pro source MSA data?

All MSA Safety Inc fundamentals and ownership data come directly from SEC EDGAR. MSA Safety Inc files with the SEC under CIK 66570. 13F Pro ingests XBRL financial facts from 10-K and 10-Q filings, Form 13F-HR institutional holdings, and Form 4 insider transactions, with no third-party rewrites or estimates.

MSA Safety Inc MSA

NYSEMid CapHealthcare

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Rank #624 of 2,925TOP 25%

Why it scores 63 Healthcare peers →

Rankings refresh quarterly once 80% of peers have filed. Next update: ~Nov 14, 2026.

Revenue

$503.33M

Quarter to Jun 30

Net income

$86.19M

Quarter to Jun 30

Free cash flow

$82.70M

Quarter to Jun 30

Operating margin

22.2%

Quarter to Jun 30

Top Institutional Holders

as of Q2 2026

$6.12B total

BlackRock, Inc.

$581.66M+2.5%

VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC

$319.25M-0.7%

Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P.

$300.52M-3.1%

VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

$298.34M+0.3%

STATE STREET CORP

$283.83M+5.7%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO

$137.39M+4.9%

DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP

$135.07M+2.0%

COOKE & BIELER LP

$126.61M-14.2%

FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/

$124.61M+5.1%

M&G Plc

$120.81M-1.1%

GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

$120.80M0.0%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp

$117.46M-3.5%

FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

$116.08M+6.3%

Madison Asset Management, LLC

$115.32M+12.2%

Channing Capital Management, LLC

$104.76M-1.2%

APG Asset Management N.V.

$97.53M-57.4%

Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC

$96.82M-16.6%

NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC

$91.98M+32.9%

VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC

$90.40M+16.9%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC

$89.99M+32.8%

JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP

$89.34M+34.9%

FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC

$85.55M-8.1%

MORGAN STANLEY

$80.52M+1.3%

CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC

$74.21M-0.5%

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC

$66.95M-13.8%

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What's Driving MSA's Business? Latest 10-Q Breakdown

22/22 datapoints verified

AI-extracted from the 10-Q filed 2026-07-31 — Q2 FY2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026). Every figure is machine-verified against the filing text on SEC EDGAR.

MSA Safety grew Q2 revenue 6.2% YoY to $503.3M while operating income jumped 30% and gross margin expanded to 49.5% from 46.6% on price realization and productivity gains.

Biggest Revenue Drivers

Americas$341.4M+6.7% YoY

Organic sales up 4.5% driven by double-digit industrial PPE growth and high-single-digit detection growth, partially offset by fire service decline from delayed AFG funding.

International$161.9M+5.1% YoY

Organic sales up only 0.3% as double-digit industrial PPE growth (ballistic helmets in Europe) was mostly offset by a detection decline tied to the Middle East conflict.

Biggest Revenue Drivers

Total revenue: $503.3M+6.2% YoY

Americas$341.4M+6.7% YoY

Organic sales up 4.5% driven by double-digit industrial PPE growth and high-single-digit detection growth, partially offset by fire service decline from delayed AFG funding.

International$161.9M+5.1% YoY

Organic sales up only 0.3% as double-digit industrial PPE growth (ballistic helmets in Europe) was mostly offset by a detection decline tied to the Middle East conflict.

Largest Expense Items

Cost of products sold$254.0M

Rose slightly as inflation was largely offset by price realization, productivity, and tariff refunds, lifting gross margin to 49.5%.

Selling, general and administrative$114.1M+1.8% YoY

Includes $2.0M added M&C costs and $1.7M strategic transaction costs; organic SG&A up 3.2% on higher variable compensation and inflation.

Research and development$19.2M

Increased $2.2M as MSA continues investing in software development to expand its HeSaaS connected-ecosystem offerings.

Restructuring charges$2.2Mup from $0.5M YoY

Primarily related to right-sizing the organization in response to macroeconomic conditions and footprint optimization.

Margins: Gross margin expanded to 49.5% from 46.6% on price realization, productivity, value-added engineering, favorable transactional FX and tariff refunds, partially offset by inflation. Adjusted operating margin rose in both segments (Americas 32.0% vs 29.1%; International 15.5% vs 13.1%).

Watch Items from the Filing

As of July 27, 2026, subsidiary Globe was named in 1,222 PFAS-related lawsuits covering 21,372 claims tied to firefighter turnout gear.
Subsequent to quarter-end, MSA closed the ~$555M cash acquisition of Autronica on July 9, 2026, funded by cash and revolver borrowings, with higher Q3 corporate development and variable compensation costs anticipated.
International organic sales grew just 0.3% in the quarter as Middle East conflict and European economic conditions weighed on detection sales.
Fire service orders remain pressured by delayed 2025 AFG funding, but overall order backlog grew double-digit YoY with strong second-half demand, particularly in U.S. fire service.
A hypothetical 10% USD move would swing quarterly reported sales by about $21.8M (4.3%) and net income by about $3.0M (3.5%), reflecting meaningful foreign currency exposure.

AI-extracted and verified against SEC EDGAR filing text. Not investment advice.

Read the full 10-Q on SEC EDGAR →

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About MSA Safety Inc (MSA): stock profile, AI score and financials

MSA Safety Inc (MSA) stock profile, AI quality score, and SEC EDGAR financial data, a Healthcare sector company. 13F Pro's AI-powered ranking engine scores MSA at 63.3/100 on a composite quality score built from its SEC filings, placing it at rank #624 of 2,925 stocks — the top 25% of the AI-ranked universe. MSA scores in the top quartile across balance sheet strength (89.2), profitability (75.3). Areas of concern include revenue growth (36.6), which score below median versus the broader universe. Based on the latest XBRL financial filings (Q2 2026), MSA Safety Inc reports quarterly revenue of $503.3M, net income of $86.2M, an operating margin of 22.2%. Top institutional holders of MSA by reported 13-F value include BlackRock, VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P., based on the most recent SEC filings. MSA trades on the NYSE exchange and files with the SEC under CIK 66570. 13F Pro's AI research platform runs 10 specialized AI analysts — value, growth, momentum, macro, and activist specialists — that debate MSA daily and publish AI-generated analysis with cited SEC sources. The platform aggregates historical XBRL financial facts, 10-Q and 10-K filings, insider Form 4 transactions, and institutional 13-F holdings for MSA Safety Inc directly from SEC EDGAR.

Financials through the period ended Jun 30, 2026SEC EDGAR: CIK 66570 →

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