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

169.96 7.64 −4.30%
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) Return on assets

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MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.4%, down 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.99% (fiscal 2021) to 13.0% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Security & Protection Services industry median of 1.21% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 11.7% (1.30)
FY2024 13.0% 10.45
FY2023 2.57% (4.95)
FY2022 7.52% 6.53
FY2021 0.99% (5.78)
FY2020 6.77% (1.46)
FY2019 8.23% 0.70
FY2018 7.53% 5.82
FY2017 1.71% (4.91)
FY2016 6.62% 1.35

Against its own ten years

Low 0.99% High 13.0%
Ten-year median 6.77%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. compare 42.6%
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 20.1%
ALLE Allegion PLC compare 12.9%
BRC Brady Corporation compare 11.5%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated 10.4%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 7.88%
ADT ADT Inc. compare 3.87%
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 2.26%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare −1.79%
Security & Protection Services industry median 1.21%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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