MSA Safety price to free cash flow MSA

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 19.8×
10-year median: 25.6×
Against its 10-year history: 23rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.2× to 153×
Peer median: 22.9×

MSA Safety's price to free cash flow is 19.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 25.6×, lower than on 77% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.2× in Aug 2017 to 153× in Apr 2024.

The median for 10 medical instruments and supplies stocks of a similar size is 22.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 25.6×

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	19.8×	19.5×	26.7×
2025	22.7×	20.8×	27.9×
2024	22.2×	17.6×	153×
2023	44.3×	44.1×	47.8×
2022	27.8×	27.7×	32.0×
2021	33.0×	31.1×	47.4×
2020	41.2×	27.5×	42.9×
2019	38.8×	16.6×	38.8×
2018	18.1×	10.3×	33.3×
2017	10.9×	10.2×	56.4×
2016	52.5×	41.9×	97.0×
2015	51.4×	23.7×	55.5×
2014	32.3×	19.3×	34.6×
2013	20.5×	14.6×	26.6×
2012	15.1×	13.1×	34.7×
2011	31.3×	28.9×	73.4×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
MSAMSA Safety	19.8×
MMSIMerit Medical Systems	27.4×
HAEHaemonetics	18.5×
PODDInsulet	35.2×
VNTVontier	12.1×
GMEDGlobus Medical	14.5×
ALGNAlign Technology	17.3×
BMIBadger Meter	29.2×
COOCooper Companies	17.2×
ICUIICU Medical	27.3×
PENPenumbra	59.2×
Peer median	22.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.