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What MSA's price assumes
MSA Safety Incorporated trades at 25.5× earnings against 25.5× for the median Security & Protection Services name, cheaper than its own group.
25.5
Trailing P/E · Security & Protection Services median 25.5 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 3.32
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 4.8%
Free cash flow yield · Security & Protection Services median 4.5%
- Growth the price implies
- +6.2%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +6.2% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; revenue has grown +6.3% a year over the last three.
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- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 17.6
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 3.55
- Industrials median P/E351 names
- 29.0
- Security & Protection Services median P/E7 names
- 25.5
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $309M
- Market capitalisation
- $6.47B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +6.3%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $209.23 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $279.62 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $457.08 |
| 52-week range | $152.07 – $201.92 |
| Today | $188.65 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Security & Protection Services
Ranks #2 of 6 by Smart Score