MSA Safety (MSA) Competitors $142.79 -1.86 (-1.28%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$142.79 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04/15/2025 05:24 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock MSA vs. AVY, HNI, PBI, SCS, TILE, NL, ACCO, SNN, ALGN, and ENOVShould you be buying MSA Safety stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSA Safety include Avery Dennison (AVY), HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), NL Industries (NL), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Smith & Nephew (SNN), Align Technology (ALGN), and Enovis (ENOV). MSA Safety vs. Avery Dennison HNI Pitney Bowes Steelcase Interface NL Industries ACCO Brands Smith & Nephew Align Technology Enovis Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) and MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment. 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 2.1%. MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Avery Dennison pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety pays out 28.3% 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 131 more outperform votes than MSA Safety when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.01% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Avery Dennison an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAvery DennisonOutperform Votes42857.45% Underperform Votes31742.55% MSA SafetyOutperform Votes29764.01% Underperform Votes16735.99% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AVY or MSA? 94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of MSA Safety shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts rate AVY or MSA? Avery Dennison presently has a consensus target price of $220.87, suggesting a potential upside of 30.26%. MSA Safety has a consensus target price of $194.20, suggesting a potential upside of 36.00%. Given MSA Safety's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MSA Safety is more favorable than Avery Dennison.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Avery Dennison 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.82MSA Safety 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has higher valuation and 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$8.76B1.53$704.90M$8.7219.45MSA Safety$1.81B3.10$284.97M$7.2119.80 Which has more risk and volatility, AVY or MSA? Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is AVY or MSA more profitable? MSA Safety has a net margin of 15.76% compared to Avery Dennison's net margin of 8.05%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.06% beat MSA Safety's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Avery Dennison8.05% 33.06% 9.11% MSA Safety 15.76%28.64%13.74% Does the media refer more to AVY or MSA? In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 12 more articles in the media than MSA Safety. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Avery Dennison and 9 mentions for MSA Safety. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Avery Dennison's score of 1.04 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 16 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive MSA Safety 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryMSA Safety beats Avery Dennison on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads 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 IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.61B$8.61B$6.60B$18.52BDividend Yield1.44%1.71%3.60%4.23%P/E Ratio19.8018.5321.3631.15Price / Sales3.1070.4574.7625.69Price / Cash16.9519.6726.8817.53Price / Book4.924.853.564.29Net Income$284.97M$284.66M$796.19M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.54%0.22%1.97%-0.79%1 Month Performance-5.07%-1.67%-3.93%-6.88%1 Year Performance-23.71%-21.42%9.77%1.74% MSA Safety Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MSAMSA Safety4.9022 of 5 stars$142.79-1.3%$194.20+36.0%-24.0%$5.61B$1.81B19.805,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsAVYAvery Dennison4.9144 of 5 stars$166.12-2.4%$220.87+33.0%-19.7%$13.12B$8.76B19.0536,000Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeHNIHNI4.8567 of 5 stars$41.16-2.5%$63.00+53.0%+0.6%$1.94B$2.53B14.247,300Short Interest ↓Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePBIPitney Bowes2.7713 of 5 stars$7.99+0.4%N/A+101.1%$1.46B$2.03B-7.1311,000Gap DownSCSSteelcase4.635 of 5 stars$10.20-3.6%$17.00+66.7%-17.1%$1.16B$3.17B10.6211,300Positive NewsGap DownTILEInterface4.5619 of 5 stars$18.11-1.4%$30.00+65.7%+22.8%$1.06B$1.32B12.663,650Analyst ForecastPositive NewsNLNL Industries1.2275 of 5 stars$7.30+0.5%$6.00-17.8%-7.4%$356.40M$145.94M6.082,820News CoverageGap DownACCOACCO Brands4.848 of 5 stars$3.73-4.0%$7.00+87.9%-26.7%$335.62M$1.67B-3.516,000News CoveragePositive NewsSNNSmith & Nephew2.6469 of 5 stars$25.71-2.3%$27.00+5.0%+9.2%$11.24B$5.81B11.9020,100News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeALGNAlign Technology4.6582 of 5 stars$153.07-0.3%$262.64+71.6%-46.1%$11.21B$4.00B27.2921,610Analyst RevisionNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeENOVEnovis2.2051 of 5 stars$32.41-0.4%$58.50+80.5%-44.7%$1.85B$2.11B-14.806,800Gap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AVY Competitors HNI Competitors PBI Competitors SCS Competitors TILE Competitors NL Competitors ACCO Competitors SNN Competitors ALGN Competitors ENOV Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MSA) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTwo Unmistakable Patterns Return…The signs suggest we're entering one of those rare periods now. 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