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FCF Margin for MSA Safety (MSA)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

16.1%

YoY change

+2.36pp

Trough year (1998)

-2.6%

Peak year (2017)

17.3%

FCF Margin history chart for MSA Safety (MSA) from 1990 to 2025

Latest: 15.8%

FCF Margin change chart for MSA Safety (MSA) from 1990 to 2025

Latest: +2.36pp

FCF Margin history table for MSA Safety (MSA) from 1990 to 2025

  • 202515.8%+2.36pp
  • 202413.4%+10.59pp
  • 20232.8%-4.63pp
  • 20227.4%-3.29pp
  • 202110.7%-0.98pp
  • 202011.7%+2.54pp
  • 20199.2%-7.77pp
  • 201816.9%-0.33pp
  • 201717.3%+7.75pp
  • 20169.5%+7.83pp
  • 20151.7%-4.80pp
  • 20146.5%-0.20pp
  • 20136.7%-3.97pp
  • 201210.7%+5.72pp
  • 20114.9%+4.26pp
  • 20100.7%-9.71pp
  • 200910.4%+9.04pp
  • 20081.3%+0.51pp
  • 20070.8%-3.52pp
  • 20064.4%-2.69pp
  • 20057.1%+3.96pp
  • 20043.1%+0.10pp
  • 20033.0%-2.21pp
  • 20025.2%+3.54pp
  • 20011.7%-5.36pp
  • 20007.0%+4.38pp
  • 19992.7%+5.23pp
  • 1998-2.6%-1.70pp
  • 1997-0.9%-7.85pp
  • 19967.0%+3.58pp
  • 19953.4%-0.55pp
  • 19943.9%+2.96pp
  • 19931.0%-1.83pp
  • 19922.8%+2.21pp
  • 19910.6%-5.81pp
  • 19906.4%—

FCF Margin values are taken from MSA Safety's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at MSA Safety (MSA)

According to MSA Safety's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 16.1%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

MSA Safety (MSA) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 15.76% (2025) – expanded 2.4 percentage points year-over-year.

Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 17.26% in 2017 and its low of -2.58% in 1998.

MSA Safety FCF Margin by Year

MSA Safety FCF Margin 2025: 15.8%

MSA Safety posted free cash flow margin of 15.76% in 2025, expanded 2.4 percentage points from 2024.

MSA Safety FCF Margin 2024: 13.4%

In 2024, MSA Safety reported free cash flow margin of 13.40%, expanded 10.6 percentage points from 2023.

MSA Safety FCF Margin 2023: 2.8%

MSA Safety free cash flow margin in 2023 was 2.80%, contracted 4.6 percentage points from 2022.

MSA Safety FCF Margin 2022: 7.4%

2022's free cash flow margin for MSA Safety came in at 7.43%, contracted 3.3 percentage points from 2021.

MSA Safety FCF Margin 2021: 10.7%

MSA Safety free cash flow margin in 2021 was 10.71%.

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