Growth Metrics

MSA Safety (MSA) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

MSA Safety (MSA) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.17% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 1.0% to 0.17% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.15% through Dec 2025, down 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.15% for FY2025, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.17% in Q4 2025 for MSA Safety, up from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.18% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.38% in Q1 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.09% across 5 years, with a median of 0.14% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: plummeted -48bps in 2023 and later skyrocketed 52bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.15% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 178bps to 0.12% in 2022, then soared by 33bps to 0.15% in 2023, then grew by 14bps to 0.18% in 2024, then dropped by -3bps to 0.17% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for MSA at 0.17% in Q4 2025, 0.15% in Q3 2025, and 0.13% in Q2 2025.