---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:45:26.184877+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSA Safety Q4 record revenue $410M, GAAP loss $1.57/sh on $160M liability charge

## Summary
- Record Q4 revenue $410M (+6% YoY); core product revenue +9%.
- GAAP net loss $61M ($1.57 diluted loss); adjusted EPS $1.67 beats $1.33 YoY.
- Q4 GAAP operating loss $89M includes $160M pre-tax product liability reserve increase.
- Americas adj. operating margin 23.9%, International 19.9%; total adj. EBITDA margin 22.3%.
- Full-year adjusted EPS $4.68 vs $4.60; net leverage 1.6x; record backlog entering 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657022000004/0000066570-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657022000004/msa-20220217.htm

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