secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSA Safety Inc (MSA)
CIK:        0000066570
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000066570-22-000030
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSA Safety Q2 sales $372M (+9% YoY), GAAP EPS $1.21 from $0.64, adjusted EPS $1.29 from $1.06
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- Total sales $372M, up 9% reported (12% constant currency); organic constant currency growth 8%, acquisitions added 4%.
- GAAP operating income $62M (16.5% of sales) vs $35M (10.3%) prior year; adjusted operating income $66M (17.6% of sales).
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.21 vs $0.64; adjusted diluted EPS $1.29 vs $1.06.
- Orders up 15% YoY constant currency; book-to-bill >1x; record backlog entering second half.
- Operating cash flow $15M vs $38M prior year due to inventory build; dividends $18M, share repurchases $28M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657022000030/0000066570-22-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657022000030/msa-20220727.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066570-22-000030

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