secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSA Safety Inc (MSA)
CIK:        0000066570
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000066570-21-000049
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657021000049/0000066570-21-000049-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657021000049/msa-20211027.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066570-21-000049

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