---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-21-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:02:47.947106+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSA Safety Q3 revenue $340M (+12%), adjusted EPS $0.94 flat YoY; GAAP EPS down 32%

## Summary
- Revenue $340M, +12% reported, +3% organic constant currency; core product revenue up 19% reported.
- GAAP operating income $29M (8.5% margin) vs $41M (13.5%); adjusted operating income $51M (15.0%) vs $54M.
- GAAP EPS $0.48 vs $0.71; adjusted EPS $0.94 flat; operating cash flow $46M up from $27M.
- Completed Bacharach acquisition July 1 for $329M net cash; book-to-bill >1x, backlog at record levels.
- Management notes supply chain constraints and inflationary pressures intensifying; no guidance change provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-21-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657021000049/0000066570-21-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657021000049/msa-20211027.htm

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