secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSA Safety Inc (MSA)
CIK:        0000066570
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000066570-22-000048
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSA Safety Q3 sales $382M (+16% CC); GAAP EPS $1.14, adj. EPS $1.45; record backlog
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- Q3 sales $382M, up 12% reported and 16% constant currency YoY; adjusted operating income $75M (19.7% margin).
- GAAP EPS $1.14 vs $0.54 YoY; adjusted EPS $1.45 vs $1.00 YoY.
- Operating cash flow $64M, up 39% YoY; funded $18M in dividends and $2M in share repurchases.
- Americas segment sales $276M (+20.5%); International segment $106M (-5.0%) impacted by FX.
- Ended quarter with record backlog and book-to-bill above 1x; demand remains robust.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657022000048/0000066570-22-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657022000048/msa-20221026.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066570-22-000048

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