Latest period
38.99M
YoY change
-0.5%
5Y CAGR
+0.0%
Peak year (1985)
59.83M
Latest annual
39.35M
Shares Outstanding history chart for MSA Safety (MSA) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 39.35M
Shares Outstanding growth chart for MSA Safety (MSA) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: -0.5%
Shares Outstanding history table for MSA Safety (MSA) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 39.35M | -0.5% | -189,000 | ||
| 2024 | 39.53M | +0.2% | +62,000 | ||
| 2023 | 39.47M | +0.2% | +66,000 | ||
| 2022 | 39.41M | -0.1% | -42,000 | ||
| 2021 | 39.45M | +0.4% | +163,000 | ||
| 2020 | 39.29M | +0.2% | +97,000 | ||
| 2019 | 39.19M | +0.6% | +228,000 | ||
| 2018 | 38.96M | +0.7% | +264,000 | ||
| 2017 | 38.70M | +1.9% | +711,000 | ||
| 2016 | 37.99M | +0.7% | +276,000 | ||
| 2015 | 37.71M | -0.0% | -18,000 | ||
| 2014 | 37.73M | +0.7% | +278,000 | ||
| 2013 | 37.45M | +1.1% | +408,000 | ||
| 2012 | 37.04M | +0.6% | +211,000 | ||
| 2011 | 36.83M | +1.1% | +409,000 | ||
| 2010 | 36.42M | +1.5% | +543,000 | ||
| 2009 | 35.88M | -0.2% | -70,000 | ||
| 2008 | 35.95M | -0.8% | -291,000 | ||
| 2007 | 36.24M | -1.8% | -682,543 | ||
| 2006 | 36.92M | +1.0% | +362,543 | ||
| 2005 | 36.56M | -1.5% | -551,000 | ||
| 2004 | 37.11M | -0.0% | -5,089 | ||
| 2003 | 37.12M | +1.6% | +566,539 | ||
| 2002 | 36.55M | +0.7% | +247,251 | ||
| 2001 | 36.30M | -2.2% | -802,806 | ||
| 2000 | 37.11M | -4.7% | -1.82M | ||
| 1999 | 38.92M | -2.8% | -1.14M | ||
| 1998 | 40.06M | -2.5% | -1.04M | ||
| 1997 | 41.10M | -6.4% | -2.80M | ||
| 1996 | 43.90M | -16.3% | -8.56M | ||
| 1995 | 52.47M | -2.8% | -1.49M | ||
| 1994 | 53.95M | -0.8% | -412,453 | ||
| 1993 | 54.36M | -2.5% | -1.41M | ||
| 1992 | 55.77M | -3.1% | -1.81M | ||
| 1991 | 57.58M | -1.2% | -674,901 | ||
| 1990 | 58.26M | -0.9% | -514,801 | ||
| 1989 | 58.77M | -1.3% | -794,705 | ||
| 1988 | 59.57M | -0.1% | -63,296 | ||
| 1987 | 59.63M | +0.2% | +137,604 | ||
| 1986 | 59.49M | -0.6% | -331,994 | ||
| 1985 | 59.83M | — | — |
- 202539.35M-0.5%
- 202439.53M+0.2%
- 202339.47M+0.2%
- 202239.41M-0.1%
- 202139.45M+0.4%
- 202039.29M+0.2%
- 201939.19M+0.6%
- 201838.96M+0.7%
- 201738.70M+1.9%
- 201637.99M+0.7%
- 201537.71M-0.0%
- 201437.73M+0.7%
- 201337.45M+1.1%
- 201237.04M+0.6%
- 201136.83M+1.1%
- 201036.42M+1.5%
- 200935.88M-0.2%
- 200835.95M-0.8%
- 200736.24M-1.8%
- 200636.92M+1.0%
- 200536.56M-1.5%
- 200437.11M-0.0%
- 200337.12M+1.6%
- 200236.55M+0.7%
- 200136.30M-2.2%
- 200037.11M-4.7%
- 199938.92M-2.8%
- 199840.06M-2.5%
- 199741.10M-6.4%
- 199643.90M-16.3%
- 199552.47M-2.8%
- 199453.95M-0.8%
- 199354.36M-2.5%
- 199255.77M-3.1%
- 199157.58M-1.2%
- 199058.26M-0.9%
- 198958.77M-1.3%
- 198859.57M-0.1%
- 198759.63M+0.2%
- 198659.49M-0.6%
- 198559.83M—
Shares Outstanding 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 Shares Outstanding at MSA Safety (MSA)
According to MSA Safety's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported diluted shares outstanding is 38.99M. Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding is the share count used to compute per-share metrics like EPS. Buybacks lower it; new issuance, stock-based compensation, and convertible securities raise it. Multiply by the stock price for market capitalization.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, MSA Safety (MSA) reported diluted shares outstanding of 39.35M – edged down 0.5% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), MSA Safety diluted shares outstanding delivered a +0.0% annualised rate; with mixed annual results across the window.
Between 1985 and 2025, MSA Safety diluted shares outstanding plunged 34.2%, falling from 59.83M to 39.35M.
Across the available history, diluted shares outstanding reached its high of 59.83M in 1985 and its low of 35.88M in 2009.
MSA Safety Shares Outstanding by Year
MSA Safety Shares Outstanding 2025: 39.35M
In 2025, MSA Safety reported diluted shares outstanding of 39.35M, edged down 0.5% below 2024.
MSA Safety Shares Outstanding 2024: 39.53M
MSA Safety diluted shares outstanding in 2024 was 39.53M, edged up 0.2% from 2023.
MSA Safety Shares Outstanding 2023: 39.47M
2023's diluted shares outstanding for MSA Safety came in at 39.47M, edged up 0.2% from 2022.
MSA Safety Shares Outstanding 2022: 39.41M
MSA Safety posted diluted shares outstanding of 39.41M in 2022, edged down 0.1% below 2021.
MSA Safety Shares Outstanding 2021: 39.45M
MSA Safety diluted shares outstanding in 2021 was 39.45M.
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