MSA Safety Financial Ratios
NYSE: MSAHealth CareIndustrial SpecialtiesUSD
At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
MSA Safety ratio analysis
MSA Safety earned a net margin of 14.9% in FY 2025, down from 15.8% a year earlier. Gross margin was 46.5% compared with a median of 45.1% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 20.4%, meaning MSA Safety generated 0.20 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.42 versus 0.44 the year before, and the current ratio was 3.01. At the end of FY 2025, MSA traded at 22.9 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 22.9 to 279.6, with a median of 34.1. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
MSA Safety financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 22.88 | 22.87 | 114.07 | 31.62 | 279.56 | 47.43 | 36.58 | 30.12 | 115.70 | 28.65 |
| Price / sales | 3.39 | 3.59 | 3.71 | 3.70 | 4.22 | 4.31 | 3.55 | 2.71 | 2.46 | 2.26 |
| Price / book | 4.65 | 5.68 | 6.86 | 6.12 | 7.09 | 6.92 | 6.86 | 5.80 | 4.93 | 4.65 |
| Gross margin | 46.5% | 47.6% | 47.7% | 44.1% | 43.9% | 44.2% | 45.6% | 45.1% | 45.0% | 45.4% |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 21.5% | 12.9% | 15.7% | 1.6% | 12.7% | 13.4% | 12.8% | 3.3% | 14.0% |
| Net margin | 14.9% | 15.8% | 3.3% | 11.8% | 1.5% | 9.2% | 9.8% | 9.1% | 2.2% | 8.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.8% | 13.4% | 2.8% | 7.5% | 11.1% | 11.7% | 9.2% | 16.9% | 17.3% | 9.5% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 20.4% | 24.9% | 6.1% | 19.4% | 2.6% | 14.8% | 19.0% | 19.6% | 4.4% | 16.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 10.9% | 12.9% | 2.7% | 7.6% | 0.9% | 6.5% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 1.5% | 6.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.72 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.79 | 0.70 |
| Current ratio | 3.01 | 2.79 | 2.36 | 2.54 | 2.40 | 2.58 | 2.50 | 2.33 | 2.15 | 2.14 |
| Revenue growth | 3.7% | 1.1% | 17.0% | 9.1% | 3.9% | -3.8% | 3.2% | 13.5% | 4.1% | 1.7% |
| EPS growth | -1.7% | 387.2% | -67.5% | 744.4% | -82.9% | -10.5% | 10.7% | 374.6% | -72.3% | 29.4% |