MSA Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Compx International has a net margin of 14.15% compared to MSA Safety's net margin of 12.74%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 26.24% beat Compx International's return on equity of 11.54%.

MSA Safety has a consensus price target of $178.20, signalling upside risk potential of 3.83%. On the other hand Compx International has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 2.09%. Given that MSA Safety has higher upside potential than Compx International, analysts believe MSA Safety is more attractive than Compx International.

MSA Safety has a beta of 0.951, which suggesting that the stock is 4.912% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Compx International has a beta of 1.043, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 4.332%.

MSA Safety has a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.2%. Compx International offers a yield of 4.67% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share. MSA Safety pays 27.64% of its earnings as a dividend. Compx International pays out 237.64% of its earnings as a dividend. MSA Safety's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Compx International's is not.

MSA Safety quarterly revenues are $421.3M, which are larger than Compx International quarterly revenues of $40.3M. MSA Safety's net income of $59.6M is higher than Compx International's net income of $5.1M. Notably, MSA Safety's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.67x while Compx International's PE ratio is 17.61x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for MSA Safety is 3.73x versus 2.14x for Compx International. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

The GEO Group has a net margin of 14.15% compared to MSA Safety's net margin of 3.24%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 26.24% beat The GEO Group's return on equity of 2.19%.

MSA Safety has a consensus price target of $178.20, signalling upside risk potential of 3.83%. On the other hand The GEO Group has an analysts' consensus of $41.80 which suggests that it could grow by 63.86%. Given that The GEO Group has higher upside potential than MSA Safety, analysts believe The GEO Group is more attractive than MSA Safety.

MSA Safety has a beta of 0.951, which suggesting that the stock is 4.912% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison The GEO Group has a beta of 0.710, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 29.025%.

MSA Safety has a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.2%. The GEO Group offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. MSA Safety pays 27.64% of its earnings as a dividend. The GEO Group pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend. MSA Safety's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

MSA Safety quarterly revenues are $421.3M, which are smaller than The GEO Group quarterly revenues of $604.6M. MSA Safety's net income of $59.6M is higher than The GEO Group's net income of $19.6M. Notably, MSA Safety's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.67x while The GEO Group's PE ratio is 134.26x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for MSA Safety is 3.73x versus 1.45x for The GEO Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NAPCO Security Technologies has a net margin of 14.15% compared to MSA Safety's net margin of 23.03%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 26.24% beat NAPCO Security Technologies's return on equity of 26.3%.

MSA Safety has a consensus price target of $178.20, signalling upside risk potential of 3.83%. On the other hand NAPCO Security Technologies has an analysts' consensus of $30.08 which suggests that it could fall by -1.4%. Given that MSA Safety has higher upside potential than NAPCO Security Technologies, analysts believe MSA Safety is more attractive than NAPCO Security Technologies.

MSA Safety has a beta of 0.951, which suggesting that the stock is 4.912% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NAPCO Security Technologies has a beta of 1.436, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 43.552%.

MSA Safety has a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.2%. NAPCO Security Technologies offers a yield of 1.69% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share. MSA Safety pays 27.64% of its earnings as a dividend. NAPCO Security Technologies pays out 26.61% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

MSA Safety quarterly revenues are $421.3M, which are larger than NAPCO Security Technologies quarterly revenues of $44M. MSA Safety's net income of $59.6M is higher than NAPCO Security Technologies's net income of $10.1M. Notably, MSA Safety's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.67x while NAPCO Security Technologies's PE ratio is 25.01x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for MSA Safety is 3.73x versus 6.20x for NAPCO Security Technologies. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Universal Security Instruments has a net margin of 14.15% compared to MSA Safety's net margin of -16.92%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 26.24% beat Universal Security Instruments's return on equity of -26.44%.

MSA Safety has a consensus price target of $178.20, signalling upside risk potential of 3.83%. On the other hand Universal Security Instruments has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by --. Given that MSA Safety has higher upside potential than Universal Security Instruments, analysts believe MSA Safety is more attractive than Universal Security Instruments.

MSA Safety has a beta of 0.951, which suggesting that the stock is 4.912% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Universal Security Instruments has a beta of -0.086, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 108.55%.

MSA Safety has a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.2%. Universal Security Instruments offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. MSA Safety pays 27.64% of its earnings as a dividend. Universal Security Instruments pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend. MSA Safety's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

MSA Safety quarterly revenues are $421.3M, which are larger than Universal Security Instruments quarterly revenues of $5.5M. MSA Safety's net income of $59.6M is higher than Universal Security Instruments's net income of -$936.6K. Notably, MSA Safety's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.67x while Universal Security Instruments's PE ratio is --. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for MSA Safety is 3.73x versus 0.34x for Universal Security Instruments. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.