MSA Safety Ownership | Who Owns MSA Safety?

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MSA Safety Ownership Summary

MSA Safety is owned by 87.19% institutional investors, 6.13% insiders, and 6.68% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.66% of MSA shares. iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.23% of its assets in MSA Safety shares.

MSA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	MSA Safety	87.19%	6.13%	6.68%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	49.20%	16.03%	34.77%
Industry	Security & Protection Service Stocks	43.18%	12.22%	44.60%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	3.79M	9.66%	$607.36M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	3.33M	8.57%	$581.66M
Blackrock	3.24M	8.22%	$607.26M
Ruane, cunniff & goldfarb	1.72M	4.43%	$300.52M
Vanguard capital management	1.71M	4.40%	$298.34M
State street	1.63M	4.19%	$283.83M
Jpmorgan chase	796.79K	2.05%	$137.39M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	773.70K	1.99%	$135.07M
Cooke & bieler lp	725.23K	1.87%	$126.61M
Fiduciary management inc /wi/	713.77K	1.84%	$124.61M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
P2 capital partners	99.12K	7.05%	$17.30M
Southernsun asset management	199.65K	4.69%	$34.86M
Ruane, cunniff & goldfarb	1.72M	4.68%	$300.52M
Speece thorson capital group	96.74K	3.61%	$16.89M
Edentree asset management	47.92K	2.55%	$8.37M
Channing capital management	600.06K	2.41%	$104.76M
Prentiss smith	23.32K	2.23%	$4.07M
Conestoga capital advisors	554.57K	2.11%	$96.82M
Trigran investments	60.83K	1.95%	$10.62M
Caldwell sutter capital	28.88K	1.90%	$5.04M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Sixth street partners management company	425.10K	0.01%	425.10K
Norges bank	314.84K	0.01%	314.84K
Capital research global investors	306.31K	0.01%	306.31K
Royce & associates lp	337.97K	0.48%	221.57K
Giverny capital	166.31K	0.98%	166.31K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Apg asset management	638.71K	0.24%	-858.88K
Nixon peabody trust	-	-	-347.55K
T. rowe price investment management	345.21K	0.04%	-340.53K
Champlain investment partners	320.24K	1.44%	-321.64K
Lord, abbett	-	-	-175.97K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Sixth street partners management company	425.10K	0.01%	425.10K	$74.21M
Norges bank	314.84K	0.01%	314.84K	$54.97M
Capital research global investors	306.31K	0.01%	306.31K	$53.47M
Giverny capital	166.31K	0.98%	166.31K	$29.03M
Fort washington investment advisors inc /oh/	147.30K	0.13%	147.30K	$25.72M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Kayne anderson rudnick investment management	-1.00
Dunhill financial	-1.00
Arlington trust	-2.00
Greenline partners	-2.00
Stephens consulting	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	442	8.07%	34,099,248	-0.95%	87	1.13%	218	17.84%	134	-10.67%
Dec 31, 2025	158	-60.89%	8,210,431	-76.53%	20	0.26%	61	-64.53%	50	-67.95%
Sep 30, 2025	197	-49.10%	13,275,355	-63.20%	33	0.40%	74	-62.05%	72	-50.34%
Jun 30, 2025	382	0.79%	35,967,751	8.75%	91	1.30%	191	3.24%	144	9.09%
Mar 31, 2025	374	-	33,038,790	0.22%	83	1.20%	182	-6.67%	131	20.18%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	1.25M	3.23%	38.00
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	1.22M	3.17%	-9.21K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.22M	3.17%	-9.21K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.18M	3.01%	777.00
UBS: Global Equity	1.18M	2.99%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Index	885.38K	2.29%	-7.28K
Sequoia	672.23K	1.74%	-
US Small-Cap Growth II Equity Comp	608.81K	1.55%	-11.13K
Vanguard Morn Small Cap Value Index	562.00K	1.46%	-12.82K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	562.00K	1.46%	-12.82K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 07, 2026	Vartanian Nishan J.	Chairman	Sell	$3.88M
Aug 04, 2026	Buck Jonathan D.	Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$89.58K
Jun 11, 2026	BECK JULIE A	Chief Financial Officer	Buy	$71.09K
Feb 17, 2026	Buck Jonathan D.	Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$223.83K
Nov 25, 2025	Buck Jonathan D.	Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$53.61K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	1
2026 Q2	1	-
2026 Q1	-	1
2025 Q4	-	1
2025 Q3	-	3

MSA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns MSA Safety?

MSA Safety shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 87.19%, followed by 6.13% insiders and 6.68% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in MSA Safety's industry, Security & Protection Service Stocks, is 43.18%, which MSA Safety exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of MSA Safety?

MSA Safety’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (3.79M shares, 9.66%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (3.33M shares, 8.57%), and Blackrock (3.24M shares, 8.22%). Together, they hold 26.45% of MSA Safety’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own MSA Safety?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.22% of MSA Safety, totaling 3.24M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 607.26M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 16.96K shares, a 0.53% change.

Who is MSA Safety’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

P2 capital partners is MSA Safety’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 7.05% of its assets in 99.12K MSA Safety shares, valued at 17.3M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of MSA Safety shares?

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of MSA Safety shares, with 3.23% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.25M MSA Safety shares.

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