Is MSA a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores MSA Safety Incorporated on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how MSA compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is MSA Safety Incorporated's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to MSA based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes MSA a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

MSA - MSA Safety Incorporated

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B+ 77.0 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

B 73.4

5yr Avg ROIC 10.4% 62/100
Operating Margin Trend +4.55 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

B- 68.7

5yr Avg ROE 12.0% 70/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -0.1% 66/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

A 87.8

5yr Revenue CAGR 7.6% 73/100
5yr EPS CAGR 90.4% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

B 74.0

5yr FCF Margin 10.0% 70/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 2.09x 79/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

A 90.0

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.98x 85/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 12.64x 89/100
Altman Z-Score 5.72 100/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C 54.5

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.70 14/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

3 of 3 gurus held; 1 new buy; 2 added.

Holders: 3 +1
Avg Δ position: +54.8%
New buys: 1
Full exits: 0

Dalio new
Greenblatt increased +57%
Cooperman increased +53%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.