MSA vs. AVY, HNI, TILE, PBI, SCS, ACCO, NL, ZBH, STE, and ALGN
Should 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), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), ACCO Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), STERIS (STE), and Align Technology (ALGN).
MSA Safety vs.
Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) and MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and MSA Safety has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years.
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.
94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of MSA Safety shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Avery Dennison received 127 more outperform votes than MSA Safety when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Avery Dennison an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 4 more articles in the media than MSA Safety. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Avery Dennison and 6 mentions for MSA Safety. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.61 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avery Dennison currently has a consensus price target of $235.05, indicating a potential upside of 23.02%. MSA Safety has a consensus price target of $202.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.63%. Given MSA Safety's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MSA Safety is more favorable than Avery Dennison.
Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
MSA Safety beats Avery Dennison on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MSA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
