---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T02:46:51.629109+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSA Safety Q4 net sales $495M (+12% YoY); adj. EPS $2.06; mid-single-digit 2024 growth guidance

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2024-02-14T23:59:59+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/66570/000006657024000004/0000066570-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000004/msa-20240214.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066570-24-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MSA Safety Inc reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 14, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000004/0000066570-24-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.