---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T12:27:26.003148+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSA Safety Q4 record sales $443M, adjusted EPS $1.80; FY record $1.53B

## Summary
- Record Q4 net sales of $443M (+8% reported, +11% constant currency); GAAP EPS $1.31 vs ($1.57) loss prior year.
- Adjusted Q4 EPS $1.80 (+8% YoY); adjusted operating margin 21.6% expanded 210 bps to record level.
- Full year record sales $1.53B (+9%); adjusted EPS $5.65 (+21%); adjusted operating income $290M (+21%).
- Operating cash flow $54M in Q4; free cash flow $40M (77% of net income); repaid $40M debt, returned $18M dividends.
- Co expects mid-single digit sales growth in 2023; elevated backlog to cushion potential slowdown; net leverage 1.2x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/66570/000006657023000005/0000066570-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657023000005/msa-20230215.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MSA Safety Inc reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $443 million, net income $51 million, EPS $1.31 per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $443 million
  - Net income: $51 million
  - EPS: $1.31 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: quarter and year ended December 31, 2022. Quarterly Highlights (All comparisons against the fourth quarter of 2021 unless otherwise noted.) • Delivered record net sales of $443 million, an increase of 8% on a reported basis and 11% on a constant currency basis. • Generated GAAP operating income of $71 million, or 15.9% of sales, and adjusted operating income of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657023000005/0000066570-23-000005-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  MSA Safety Inc reported the full year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $1.53 billion, net income $180 million, EPS $4.56 per diluted share.
  - Period: the full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $1.53 billion
  - Net income: $180 million
  - EPS: $4.56 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: returned $18 million to shareholders through dividends. Annual Highlights (All comparisons against the full year 2021 unless otherwise noted.) • Delivered record net sales of $1.53 billion, an increase of 9% on a reported basis and 12% on a constant currency basis. • Generated GAAP operating income of $239 million, or 15.7% of sales, and adjusted operating income
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657023000005/0000066570-23-000005-index.htm

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