Growth Metrics

MSA Safety (MSA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

MSA Safety's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.17% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.17%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.17%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.2%, 9.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q3 2025 was 0.17% at MSA Safety, down from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.2% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.11% (2023), against an average of 0.12%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed fell -10bps in 2021 before it rose 13bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.01% in 2021, then soared by 790bps to 0.12% in 2022, then rose by 7bps to 0.13% in 2023, then surged by 61bps to 0.2% in 2024, then fell by -17bps to 0.17% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSA's Return on Capital Employed are 0.17% (Q3 2025), 0.18% (Q2 2025), and 0.2% (Q1 2025).