MSA Safety is in the industrials sector and is part of the consulting and outsourcing industry. The company CEO is Nishan J. Vartanian. MSA Safety Inc develops, manufactures and supplies safety products that protect people and facility infrastructure. Its products include fixed gas and flame detection systems, portable gas detection instruments, head protection product and fall protection device.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The MSA stock showed a previous change of 2.20% with an open at 100.58 and a close of 101.90. It reached an intraday high of 101.90 and a low of 100.29.
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Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $3.9b with 38.7m shares outstanding, of which the float is 35.7m shares. Trading volume reached 104,510 shares compared to its average volume of 202,076 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is bad, highly speculative and an investor may want to avoid this stock.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, MSA Safety shares returned 1.82% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -3.93%. Over three months, it changed -0.48%. In one year it has changed 7.36% and within that year its 52-week high was 113.06 and its 52-week low was 86.72. MSA stock is 17.50% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 101.98 and a 50 day moving average of 105.27. Currently MSA stock is trading -0.07% below its 200 day moving average and may be a good opportunity to buy, but should check other indicators to confirm a buy signal.
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Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 3.17 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 32.15. Based on 3 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 1.11. The TTM EPS is 4.51, which comes to a TTM PE of 22.59. Historically, the PE high was 165.40 and the PE low was 16.40. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 73.98, which is a decrease of -27.40%.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr of 2019 | (Reported on 04/24/2019): | 0.59 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 02/20/2019): | 0.64 |
| 3rd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 10/24/2018): | 0.86 |
| 2nd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 07/25/2018): | 0.85 |
| 1st | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 04/23/2018): | 0.83 |
The dividend per share is currently 1.68, which is a dividend yield of 1.65%. Also, the payout ratio is 37.25%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 119.63, which means it is possibly undervalued and has a margin of safety of 14.82%.
Indicators to Watch:
Short-interest was 1,147,934, which was 2.97% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 7.34. This stock has some short interest, but it may be normal and no cause for concern if long the position.
The current calculated beta is 1.32.
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Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 18.71%, return on assets is 7.15%, profit margin is 8.61%, price-to-sales is 2.84 and price-to-book is 5.90.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
0 :Valuation Score
5 :Past Performance Score
3 :Financial Strength Score
3 :Future Growth Score
4 :Dividend Score
3 :Overall Score
