MSA SAFETY INC MSA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 553498106
Manufacturing company in Pennsylvania
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryOrthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies
- HeadquartersCranberry Township, PA
- Founded1914
- Websitemsasafety.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($13.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 38.6m as of 2026-07-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $173.99. Options: 1 managers hold calls ($663.4k notional), 2 hold puts ($1.2m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 251 |
| Q4 2022 | 270 |
| Q1 2023 | 270 |
| Q2 2023 | 282 |
| Q3 2023 | 310 |
| Q4 2023 | 351 |
| Q1 2024 | 367 |
| Q2 2024 | 367 |
| Q3 2024 | 378 |
| Q4 2024 | 370 |
| Q1 2025 | 379 |
| Q2 2025 | 392 |
| Q3 2025 | 405 |
| Q4 2025 | 409 |
| Q1 2026 | 451 |
| Q2 2026 | 457 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 179 | 168 |
| Q4 2024 | 179 | 153 |
| Q1 2025 | 180 | 167 |
| Q2 2025 | 190 | 199 |
| Q3 2025 | 174 | 178 |
| Q4 2025 | 168 | 197 |
| Q1 2026 | 212 | 162 |
| Q2 2026 | 236 | 186 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $1.0m | $2.4m | 2.37 |
| Q4 2025 | $992.9k | $1.3m | 1.35 |
| Q1 2026 | $1.6m | $934.5k | 0.58 |
| Q2 2026 | $663.4k | $1.2m | 1.82 |
Biggest buyers
| Capital Research Global Investors | New | +306.3k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Added | +221.6k |
| Giverny Capital Inc. | New | +166.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +160.0k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ | New | +147.3k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP | Added | +135.6k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Added | +135.4k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC | Added | +130.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +127.4k |
| Sone Capital Management, LLC | New | +106.4k |
Biggest sellers
| APG Asset Management N.V. | Reduced | -858.9k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -340.5k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | Reduced | -321.6k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP | Reduced | -120.3k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC | Reduced | -115.3k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC | Reduced | -110.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -91.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -61.5k |
| Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. | Reduced | -54.9k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Sold out | -50.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $663.4k3.8k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.2m6.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $52.4k300 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $114.0k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $4.8m | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.2m | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $53.6k | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $223.8k | — |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | $71.1k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 2 | $4.0m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Vartanian Nishan J. Director | Sold | $3.9m20.0k shares |
| 2026-08-04 | Buck Jonathan D. Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $89.6k469 shares |
| 2026-06-11 | BECK JULIE A Chief Financial Officer | Bought | $71.1k448 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.3m $581.7m | Added +80.0k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $319.3m | Reduced -13.6k |
| Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. 4.68% of their portfolio | 1.7m $300.5m | Reduced -54.9k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $298.3m | Added +5.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $283.8m | Added +87.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 796.8k $137.4m | Added +37.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 773.7k $135.1m | Added +15.4k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 1.46% of their portfolio | 725.2k $126.6m | Reduced -120.3k |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ 1.77% of their portfolio | 713.8k $124.6m | Added +34.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 691.8k $120.8m | Reduced -251 |
| M&G PLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 690.3k $120.8m | Reduced -7.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 672.8k $117.5m | Reduced -24.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 664.9k $116.1m | Added +39.1k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 1.37% of their portfolio | 660.6k $115.3m | Added +72.0k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.24% of their portfolio | 638.7k $97.5m | Reduced -858.9k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 2.41% of their portfolio | 600.1k $104.8m | Reduced -7.4k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 2.11% of their portfolio | 554.6k $96.8m | Reduced -110.2k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 526.9k $92.0m | Added +130.3k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 524.1k $89.3m | Added +135.6k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 517.8k $90.4m | Added +75.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 515.5k $90.0m | Added +127.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 490.0k $85.6m | Reduced -43.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 461.2k $80.5m | Added +6.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 425.1k $74.2m | Reduced -2.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 383.5k $67.0m | Reduced -61.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 378.4k $66.1m | Reduced -38.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 347.9k $60.7m | Added +5.2k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 345.2k $60.3m | Reduced -340.5k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.48% of their portfolio | 338.0k $59.0m | Added +221.6k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.04% of their portfolio | 324.5k $55.8m | Added +4.0k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 322.3k $56.3m | Reduced -193 |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 1.44% of their portfolio | 320.2k $55.9m | Reduced -321.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 314.8k $55.0m | Not comparable |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 308.4k $53.8m | Added +3.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 307.6k $53.7m | Reduced -31.5k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 306.3k $53.5m | New |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 304.4k $53.1m | Added +160.0k |
| Capital World Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 236.2k $41.2m | Added +6.4k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 231.4k $40.4m | Added +2.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 210.9k $36.8m | Added +5.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 206.1k $36.0m | Reduced -12.0k |
| Copeland Capital Management, LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 205.2k $35.8m | Added +28.5k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 202.9k $34.6m | Added +135.4k |
| SOUTHERNSUN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 4.69% of their portfolio | 199.7k $34.9m | Added +29.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.04% of their portfolio | 180.7k $31.5m | Reduced -800 |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 0.23% of their portfolio | 178.4k $31.1m | Added +10.8k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 175.1k $30.6m | Added +101.0k |
| Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension 0.64% of their portfolio | 168.6k $29.4m | Added +23.8k |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 0.98% of their portfolio | 166.3k $29.0m | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 157.8k $27.2m | Added +104.9k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 154.7k $27.0m | Added +14.2k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.13% of their portfolio | 147.3k $25.7m | New |
| Triodos Investment Management BV 1.45% of their portfolio | 136.0k $23.7m | Added +14.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.6k $21.4m | Added +10.5k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 115.4k $20.1m | Reduced -39.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.1k $20.1m | Added +2.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.9k $19.7m | Added +6.2k |
| Sone Capital Management, LLC 1.41% of their portfolio | 106.4k $18.6m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 103.3k $18.0m | Added +63.8k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.05% of their portfolio | 102.2k $17.8m | Reduced -15.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 100.5k $17.5m | Reduced -560 |
| P2 Capital Partners, LLC 7.05% of their portfolio | 99.1k $17.3m | Reduced -4.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.9k $16.9m | Reduced -91.7k |
| SPEECE THORSON CAPITAL GROUP INC 3.61% of their portfolio | 96.7k $16.9m | Added +11.6k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 94.8k $16.6m | Reduced -17.4k |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 93.8k $16.4m | Reduced -8.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.8k $16.0m | Reduced -2.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.8k $15.7m | Added +7.7k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 89.5k $15.6m | Added +86.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.3k $15.1m | Added +54.4k |
| ARGENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 83.5k $14.6m | Reduced -5.3k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 82.3k $14.4m | Added +2.4k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.3k $13.8m | Reduced -803 |
| Pillsbury Lake Capital LLC 3.69% of their portfolio | 77.0k $13.4m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.0k $12.9m | Added +400 |
| EULAV Asset Management 0.41% of their portfolio | 73.6k $12.8m | Reduced -4.0k |
| MIROVA 0.47% of their portfolio | 72.6k $12.7m | Reduced -8.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.6k $12.7m | Added +6.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.3k $12.1m | Added +18.4k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.3k $11.8m | Added +8.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.9k $11.5m | Added +598 |
| NICOLA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD. 1.31% of their portfolio | 65.4k $11.4m | Unchanged |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.02% of their portfolio | 64.1k $10.3m | Unchanged |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.3k $11.1m | Added +8.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.9k $10.2m | Added +15.8k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 61.3k $10.7m | Added +46.9k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.03% of their portfolio | 61.2k $10.7m | Reduced -7.2k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.2k $10.7m | Added +51.8k |
| Trigran Investments, Inc. 1.95% of their portfolio | 60.8k $10.6m | New |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.7k $10.1m | Added +28.8k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.04% of their portfolio | 54.8k $9.6m | Added +52.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.3k $9.5m | Reduced -719 |
| Foresight Group Ltd Liability Partnership 1.70% of their portfolio | 54.2k $9.4m | Reduced -7.0k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.40% of their portfolio | 51.3k $9.0m | Added +22.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.2k $8.6m | Reduced -1.0k |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 48.7k $8.5m | Reduced -575 |
| EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd 2.55% of their portfolio | 47.9k $8.4m | Added +793 |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.4k $8.3m | Reduced -4.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.6k $8.1m | Added +45.2k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.7k $8.0m | Reduced -115.3k |