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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T23:06:41.603965+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSA Safety Reports Q4 2024 Net Sales of $500M, EPS of $2.22; Full Year EPS $7.21

## Summary
- Q4 2024 net sales $500M, up 1% GAAP and 2% organic year-over-year; GAAP operating income $118M (23.5% of sales).
- Q4 GAAP net income $88M, diluted EPS $2.22; adjusted EPS $2.25, up 9% from prior year.
- Full year 2024 net sales $1.8B, up 1%; GAAP net income $285M, diluted EPS $7.21; adjusted EPS $7.70, up 10%.
- Repaid $94M of debt in 2024, returned $79M via dividends and $30M in share repurchases; net leverage 0.7x.
- 2025 outlook: expects low-single digit organic sales growth; cites mixed industrial demand and FX headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657025000004/0000066570-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657025000004/msa-20250212.htm

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