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Company snapshot — MSA Safety

MSA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
MSA Safety makes protective equipment for workers in hazardous settings: breathing apparatus, firefighter helmets and protective clothing, fixed and portable gas detection instruments, industrial head protection, fall-protection gear, and respirators and eye protection. It sells through distributors and direct channels to fire services, energy, utility, construction and industrial manufacturing customers, under brands including V-Gard and Cairns. The company is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, and was founded in 1914.
Where it sits in the stack
MSA sits outside our AI-build-out indices; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the security and protection-services sleeve of our broader universe, supplying safety gear rather than compute infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's diary carries no peer group entry for MSA; the comparison the market draws is with Honeywell, which also sells industrial and personal protective equipment.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a Russell 1000 constituent; it carries no Closelook score and no index seat beyond that, so the diary has not built out coverage on it.
What the diary watches
Whether industrial and construction activity, which drives demand for protective gear, holds up or slows across the sectors MSA serves.

MSA Safety (MSA) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for MSA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Security & Protection Services · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Security & Protection Services

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against MSA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is MSA Safety (MSA)?

MSA Safety trades as MSA on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is MSA in a Closelook index?

Not currently — MSA Safety is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does MSA trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2.4% vs the 50-day and +2.1% vs the 200-day average, 14% below the 52-week high and +19.3% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 27 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does MSA Safety do?

MSA Safety makes protective equipment for workers in hazardous settings: breathing apparatus, firefighter helmets and protective clothing, fixed and portable gas detection instruments, industrial head protection, fall-protection gear, and respirators and eye protection. It sells through distributors and direct channels to fire services, energy, utility, construction and industrial manufacturing customers, under brands including V-Gard and Cairns. The company is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, and was founded in 1914. Closelook's diary carries no peer group entry for MSA; the comparison the market draws is with Honeywell, which also sells industrial and personal protective equipment.

Where does MSA Safety sit in the AI build-out?

MSA sits outside our AI-build-out indices; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the security and protection-services sleeve of our broader universe, supplying safety gear rather than compute infrastructure. It is a Russell 1000 constituent; it carries no Closelook score and no index seat beyond that, so the diary has not built out coverage on it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for MSA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Security & Protection Services, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.