Growth Metrics

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

MSA Safety (MSA) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 16 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 18.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.15% through Dec 2025, down 18.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.16% for FY2025, 12.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.15% in Q4 2025 for MSA Safety, down from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.8% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.01% in Q1 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.26% across 5 years, with a median of 0.18% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: soared 73bps in 2024 and later crashed -58bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.02% in 2021, then surged by 1875bps to 0.32% in 2022, then plummeted by -54bps to 0.15% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 122bps to 0.33% in 2024, then tumbled by -55bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for MSA at 0.15% in Q4 2025, 0.22% in Q3 2025, and 0.57% in Q2 2025.