secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSA Safety Inc (MSA)
CIK:        0000066570
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000066570-22-000004
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657022000004/0000066570-22-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657022000004/msa-20220217.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066570-22-000004

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