---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-24-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:14:25.019512+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSA Safety Q3: revenue $433M (-3% YoY), adj. EPS $1.83, orders up high-single digits

## Summary
- Net sales $433M, down 3% YoY; GAAP EPS $1.69, adjusted EPS $1.83 (+3% YoY).
- Americas sales $299M (-4.7% YoY); International $133M (flat); detection portables up double digits.
- Orders grew high-single digits, backlog increased sequentially; Q4 sales expected mid-single-digit growth, FY low-single-digit.
- Repaid $38M debt, returned $20M dividends, repurchased $10M stock in Q3; net leverage 0.9x.
- Operating margins resilient at 21.1% GAAP and 22.6% adjusted; guidance reaffirms confidence in H2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-24-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000041/0000066570-24-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000041/msa-20241023.htm

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