For the quarter ended June 2025, MSA Safety (MSA) reported revenue of $474.12 million, up 2.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.93, compared to $2.01 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +6.3% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $446.01 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.76, the EPS surprise was +9.66%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how MSA Safety performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net sales by Product Category- Fire Service: $163.31 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $160.68 million.
- Net sales by Product Category- Industrial PPE and Other: $116.98 million compared to the $114.28 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Net sales by Product Category- Detection: $193.84 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $166.33 million.
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Shares of MSA Safety have returned -0.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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