Growth Metrics

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

MSA Safety's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 10.31% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 1049.0% year-over-year to 10.31%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.21%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 10.75%, 1091.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 10.31% at MSA Safety, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.18% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 10.31% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.13% (2022), against an average of 0.43%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales soared 52bps in 2024 before it crashed -1049bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.14% in 2021, then soared by 182bps to 0.12% in 2022, then surged by 33bps to 0.15% in 2023, then rose by 14bps to 0.18% in 2024, then plummeted by -5958bps to 10.31% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSA's Return on Sales are 10.31% (Q4 2025), 0.15% (Q3 2025), and 0.13% (Q2 2025).