earnings
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.75
MSA Safety Q4 net sales $495M (+12% YoY); adj. EPS $2.06; mid-single-digit 2024 growth guidance
MSA Safety Inc
2023-FY EPS reported
$1.48
revenue$1,787,647,000
- Q4 GAAP EPS $1.93; adjusted EPS $2.06 (+14% YoY); full-year adj. EPS $7.03 (+24%).
- Full-year net sales $1.79B (+17%); Americas segment adj. operating margin 29.1%.
- Company expects mid-single-digit sales growth in 2024; net leverage 1.0x at year-end.
- Repaid $289M debt after divestiture; returned $73M to shareholders via dividends in 2023.
- Adjusted operating income $115M in Q4 (23.3% margin), up from $96M (21.6%) a year ago.