MSA Safety Inc (MSA) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
MSA Safety (MSA) reported Operating Margin of 22.24% for Q2 2026, up 4.13 percentage points from 18.11% a year earlier and up 2.18 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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MSA Safety Inc (MSA) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, MSA Safety's Operating Margin came in at 21.23%, up 0.84 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 19.83%, down 1.69 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of +7.08 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at 21.52% in FY2024 (+8.58 pp), 12.94% in FY2023 (-2.71 pp), 15.65% in FY2022 (+14.02 pp) and 1.63% in FY2021 (-11.12 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of -21.65% in Q4 2021 and a high of 23.54% in Q4 2024.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.25 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 37.59 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2023 (a drop of 27.98 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 20.06% (Q1 2026), 22.29% (Q4 2025) and 20.13% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 22.24% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 20.06% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 22.29% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.13% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.11% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 18.46% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 23.54% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 21.14% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.61% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 19.38% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.64% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.07% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 21.24% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -15.08% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.93% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 16.85% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 16.53% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.90% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -21.65% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.52% |
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params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "MSA", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=MSA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();