Q2 Earnings Forecast for MSA Issued By William Blair

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) – Analysts at William Blair issued their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 29th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $2.21 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for MSA Safety Incorporporated’s current full-year earnings is $8.06 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for MSA Safety Incorporporated’s Q3 2026 earnings at $2.11 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.60 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded MSA Safety Incorporporated from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 16th. Stifel Nicolaus began coverage on MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $182.00 target price on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, DA Davidson upped their target price on MSA Safety Incorporporated from $183.00 to $203.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, MSA Safety Incorporporated presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $189.20.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of MSA opened at $157.15 on Friday. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a 52 week low of $127.86 and a 52 week high of $182.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The company has a market capitalization of $6.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.17 and a beta of 0.99. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $169.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $166.90.

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The industrial products company reported $1.94 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.90 by $0.04. MSA Safety Incorporporated had a return on equity of 25.23% and a net margin of 15.02%.The firm had revenue of $468.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $461.37 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.83 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MSA Safety Incorporporated

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 39.4% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 269 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 13.2% during the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 82,418 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $12,090,000 after acquiring an additional 9,593 shares during the last quarter. Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP raised its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 23.9% during the first quarter. Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP now owns 31,591 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $4,634,000 after acquiring an additional 6,094 shares during the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP raised its holdings in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated by 194.4% during the first quarter. Entropy Technologies LP now owns 5,300 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $777,000 after acquiring an additional 3,500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of MSA Safety Incorporporated during the first quarter valued at approximately $10,894,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.51% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, President Stephanie L. Sciullo sold 2,361 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.51, for a total value of $400,213.11. Following the completion of the transaction, the president owned 9,083 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,539,659.33. This represents a 20.63% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.70% of the company’s stock.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 10th. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th will be issued a $0.5625 dividend. This represents a $2.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. This is a positive change from MSA Safety Incorporporated’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. MSA Safety Incorporporated’s payout ratio is currently 29.90%.

MSA Safety Incorporporated Company Profile

MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products and technology solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures in the fire service, energy, utility, construction, and industrial manufacturing applications, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries worldwide.