Safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what investors should know.
MSA Safety beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $468.4 million, up 8.3% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a narrow beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting MSA Safety’s revenue to grow 1.6% year on year to $507.5 million, in line with its flat revenue from the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.26 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. MSA Safety has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at MSA Safety’s peers in the business services & supplies segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Tetra Tech’s revenues decreased 13.4% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 6.4%, and UniFirst reported revenues up 2.7%, topping estimates by 1%. Tetra Tech traded up 3% following the results while UniFirst’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of Tetra Tech’s results here and UniFirst’s results here.
The outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. While some of the business services & supplies stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.8% on average over the last month. MSA Safety is up 11.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $191 (compared to the current share price of $194.58).
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