MSA Safety (MSA) Competitors $165.37 -2.15 (-1.28%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends MSA vs. AVY, HNI, TILE, SCS, PBI, ACCO, NL, ARC, ZBH, and STEShould you be buying MSA Safety stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSA Safety include Avery Dennison (AVY), HNI (HNI), Interface (TILE), Steelcase (SCS), Pitney Bowes (PBI), ACCO Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), and STERIS (STE). MSA Safety vs. Avery Dennison HNI Interface Steelcase Pitney Bowes ACCO Brands NL Industries ARC Document Solutions Zimmer Biomet STERIS Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) and MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AVY or MSA? Avery Dennison has higher revenue and earnings than MSA Safety. Avery Dennison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAvery Dennison$8.68B1.74$503M$8.3322.58MSA Safety$1.80B3.60$58.58M$6.9223.90 Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AVY or MSA? 94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Avery Dennison shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of MSA Safety shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is AVY or MSA a better dividend stock? Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Avery Dennison pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Avery Dennison has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and MSA Safety has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVY or MSA? Avery Dennison received 125 more outperform votes than MSA Safety when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Avery Dennison an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAvery DennisonOutperform Votes42257.49% Underperform Votes31242.51% MSA SafetyOutperform Votes29764.29% Underperform Votes16535.71% Does the media favor AVY or MSA? In the previous week, MSA Safety had 1 more articles in the media than Avery Dennison. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MSA Safety and 8 mentions for Avery Dennison. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.60 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Avery Dennison 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive MSA Safety 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate AVY or MSA? Avery Dennison presently has a consensus target price of $244.96, suggesting a potential upside of 30.21%. MSA Safety has a consensus target price of $202.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.45%. Given Avery Dennison's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avery Dennison is more favorable than MSA Safety.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Avery Dennison 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.73MSA Safety 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.20 Which has more risk and volatility, AVY or MSA? Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is AVY or MSA more profitable? MSA Safety has a net margin of 15.16% compared to Avery Dennison's net margin of 7.76%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.01% beat MSA Safety's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Avery Dennison7.76% 33.01% 8.96% MSA Safety 15.16%29.14%13.45% SummaryMSA Safety beats Avery Dennison on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Brownstone ResearchCould This Tiny Device Help You Make an Extra $30k a Year?I believe it’s going to power Elon Musk’s next AI revolution… A revolution he believes will be worth more than $9 trillion. That’s nearly 10 times more money than the market caps of Tesla… SpaceX… PayPal… Neuralink… and X… COMBINED.Click here to see the details because I believe a lot of people will get rich. Get MSA Safety News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MSA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MSA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMSA SafetySurgical appliances & supplies IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$6.50B$9.52B$9.22B$19.18BDividend Yield1.17%1.37%2.08%3.58%P/E Ratio23.9019.5621.0841.22Price / Sales3.6032.804.8617.58Price / Cash20.6622.3919.2621.28Price / Book6.755.494.245.32Net Income$58.58M$182.72M$398.18M$989.67M7 Day Performance-5.18%-4.48%-4.64%-3.45%1 Month Performance-3.73%-4.23%-1.86%-3.73%1 Year Performance-0.55%-12.17%15.47%12.06% MSA Safety Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MSAMSA Safety4.7351 of 5 stars$165.37-1.3%$202.50+22.5%+1.1%$6.86B$1.79B23.905,100Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeAVYAvery Dennison4.9007 of 5 stars$194.29-0.4%$244.96+26.1%-6.5%$15.61B$8.68B23.4335,000HNIHNI4.8698 of 5 stars$54.59+1.5%$63.00+15.4%+22.8%$2.57B$2.56B21.168,200TILEInterface3.8168 of 5 stars$26.26+0.5%$22.00-16.2%+100.1%$1.53B$1.31B18.273,619Positive NewsSCSSteelcase4.9169 of 5 stars$13.28+2.1%$17.00+28.0%-16.7%$1.51B$3.16B12.2711,300Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsPBIPitney Bowes2.913 of 5 stars$7.83+1.6%N/A+81.9%$1.42B$3.27B0.0010,500Gap DownACCOACCO Brands4.8618 of 5 stars$5.87-0.3%$7.50+27.8%-6.2%$545.21M$1.71B-3.095,600Analyst DowngradeNews CoverageNLNL Industries1.5467 of 5 stars$8.50+2.7%$6.00-29.4%+46.9%$415.21M$150.69M6.902,820News CoverageARCARC Document SolutionsN/A$3.39flatN/AN/A$146.65M$281.20M30.821,900Analyst ForecastZBHZimmer Biomet4.7285 of 5 stars$108.18+1.3%$122.83+13.5%-10.7%$21.54B$7.60B20.6818,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeSTESTERIS4.9352 of 5 stars$213.83-0.2%$262.50+22.8%-3.5%$21.11B$5.14B48.9118,179Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AVY Competitors HNI Competitors TILE Competitors SCS Competitors PBI Competitors ACCO Competitors NL Competitors ARC Competitors ZBH Competitors STE Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:MSA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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