Growth Metrics

MSA Safety (MSA) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

MSA Safety (MSA) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 17 consecutive years, with -$12.6 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory rose 71.87% to -$12.6 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $10.5 million through Dec 2025, down 28.69% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $10.5 million for FY2025, 28.69% down from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory hit -$12.6 million in Q4 2025 for MSA Safety, down from $11.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $40.8 million in Q1 2022 to a low of -$44.9 million in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Change in Inventory has averaged $2.9 million across 5 years, with a median of $9.1 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: plummeted 156.24% in 2023 and later soared 381.7% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Change in Inventory stood at -$18.5 million in 2021, then dropped by 3.91% to -$19.2 million in 2022, then tumbled by 88.21% to -$36.2 million in 2023, then dropped by 23.92% to -$44.9 million in 2024, then surged by 71.87% to -$12.6 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Change in Inventory for MSA at -$12.6 million in Q4 2025, $11.9 million in Q3 2025, and $6.7 million in Q2 2025.