MSA Safety Incorporporated

MSA Industrials Security & Protection Services

MSA Safety Incorporporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.9 billion, up 3.69% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+14.5%
EPS
−14.9%
Free cash flow
−32.1%
Total debt
+75.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

168.08 1.91 −1.12%
Market cap
$6.6B
P/E
21.8×
Fwd P/E
21.0×
Dividend yield
1.26%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
5.51
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
82/100

MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA) trades at a price to free cash flow of 20.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (December 2023) to 144× (March 2024); the current reading is higher than 26% of that period. That is in line with the Security & Protection Services industry median of 19.5× and in line with the Industrials sector median of 19.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 21.3× (20.98%)
FY2024 26.9× (78.45%)
FY2023 125× 151.99%
FY2022 49.5× 25.62%
FY2021 39.4× 7.28%
FY2020 36.7× (3.28%)
FY2019 38.0× 146.33%
FY2018 15.4× 6.32%
FY2017 14.5× (28.73%)
FY2016 20.4× (66.06%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 21.3× 11.93%
Jun 2026 19.0× (7.55%)
Mar 2026 20.6× (3.16%)
Dec 2025 21.3× (10.67%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 144×
Ten-year median 26.5×
Current reading's percentile 26

Price to free cash flow against peers

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MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated 20.3×
ALLE Allegion PLC compare 21.5×
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 21.5×
Security & Protection Services industry median 19.5×
Industrials sector median 19.6×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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