MSA Safety PE ratio MSA

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 22.7×
10-year median: 36.3×
Against its 10-year history: 6th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 18.6× to 493×
Peer median: 31.6×

MSA Safety's PE ratio is 22.7× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $182.26 against $8.04 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 36.3×, lower than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 18.6× in Apr 2025 to 493× in Sep 2023.

The median for 10 medical instruments and supplies stocks of a similar size is 31.6×.

PE ratio over time

median 36.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	22.7×	21.6×	28.5×
2025	23.1×	18.6×	25.1×
2024	24.2×	23.6×	215×
2023	203×	28.3×	493×
2022	85.8×	57.0×	264×
2021	64.2×	44.1×	66.3×
2020	42.3×	26.4×	43.5×
2019	38.4×	31.3×	62.4×
2018	55.5×	33.8×	137×
2017	35.7×	27.7×	40.4×
2016	29.9×	17.7×	30.5×
2015	19.9×	18.0×	24.6×
2014	25.0×	21.9×	27.6×
2013	23.4×	18.5×	24.9×
2012	17.6×	14.6×	21.8×
2011	18.8×	17.4×	19.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Medical - Instruments & Supplies nearest MSA Safety's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
MSAMSA Safety	22.7×
MMSIMerit Medical Systems	38.6×
HAEHaemonetics	58.1×
PODDInsulet	27.9×
VNTVontier	14.3×
GMEDGlobus Medical	20.8×
ALGNAlign Technology	26.9×
BMIBadger Meter	35.3×
COOCooper Companies	20.9×
ICUIICU Medical	141×
PENPenumbra	79.7×
Peer median	31.6×

Where MSA Safety ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.