MSA Safety Ownership | Who Owns MSA Safety?

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MSA Safety Ownership Summary

MSA Safety is owned by 20.91% institutional investors, 6.19% insiders, and 72.90% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.66% of MSA shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.15% of its assets in MSA Safety shares.

MSA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	MSA Safety	20.91%	6.19%	72.90%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	47.66%	12.52%	39.82%
Industry	Security & Protection Service Stocks	30.31%	7.08%	62.62%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	3.79M	9.66%	$607.36M
Blackrock	3.24M	8.22%	$607.26M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	3.18M	8.10%	$509.05M
Ruane, cunniff & goldfarb	1.81M	4.62%	$290.12M
State street	1.66M	4.23%	$285.82M
Apg asset management	1.50M	3.82%	$204.20M
Champlain investment partners	1.47M	3.75%	$253.41M
Jpmorgan chase	962.75K	2.45%	$154.17M
Cooke & bieler lp	899.03K	2.29%	$143.97M
T. rowe price investment management	768.53K	1.96%	$132.24M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Ruane, cunniff & goldfarb	1.81M	4.53%	$290.12M
P2 capital partners	136.34K	4.51%	$23.46M
Foresight group ltd liability partnership	162.23K	4.17%	$27.91M
Southernsun asset management	170.01K	3.79%	$29.25M
Speece thorson capital group	93.16K	3.23%	$14.92M
Channing capital management	510.37K	2.31%	$87.82M
Edentree asset management	47.13K	2.31%	$7.55M
Caldwell sutter capital	32.15K	2.18%	$5.15M
Prentiss smith	22.61K	2.16%	$3.62M
Conestoga capital advisors	751.17K	2.02%	$120.29M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Madison asset management	568.24K	1.05%	568.24K
Norges bank	417.62K	0.01%	417.62K
Natixis advisors	363.18K	0.08%	339.70K
Victory capital management	338.41K	0.03%	331.54K
Franklin resources	452.50K	0.02%	316.98K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	393.22K	0.01%	-754.50K
Jpmorgan chase	962.75K	0.01%	-549.84K
Nixon peabody trust	-	-	-347.55K
Jane street group	5.78K	0.00%	-272.17K
Champlain investment partners	1.47M	1.91%	-195.34K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Madison asset management	568.24K	1.05%	568.24K	$91.00M
Norges bank	417.62K	0.01%	417.62K	$66.88M
Axa investment managers	38.32K	0.02%	38.32K	$6.59M
Pullen investment management	16.03K	1.35%	16.03K	$2.57M
Commerce bank	11.07K	0.01%	11.07K	$1.90M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Transamerica financial advisors	-1.00
Greenline partners	-2.00
Stephens consulting	-2.00
Financial management professionals	-2.00
Twin peaks wealth advisors	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Dec 31, 2024	366	-2.66%	32,862,140	3.28%	83	1.28%	190	4.40%	106	-17.19%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.22M	3.15%	2.71K
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	1.19M	3.06%	14.97K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.18M	3.01%	777.00
UBS: Global Equity	1.18M	2.99%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Index	886.80K	2.29%	-233.00
Champlain Mid Cap Fund, LLC	660.06K	1.70%	-12.70K
US Small-Cap Growth II Equity Comp	608.81K	1.55%	-11.13K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	569.40K	1.47%	-4.29K
T. Rowe Price New Horizons	566.92K	1.45%	-41.88K
JPMorgan Small Cap Equity A	399.26K	1.03%	-10.14K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 17, 2026	Buck Jonathan D.	Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$223.83K
Nov 25, 2025	Buck Jonathan D.	Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$53.61K
Sep 11, 2025	Sciullo Stephanie L	President	Sell	$293.19K
Sep 11, 2025	Sciullo Stephanie L	President	Sell	$516.99K
Sep 12, 2025	Sciullo Stephanie L	President	Sell	$400.21K

Insider Transactions Trends

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

MSA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns MSA Safety?

MSA Safety shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 20.91%, followed by 6.19% insiders and 72.90% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in MSA Safety's industry, Security & Protection Service Stocks, is 30.31%, which MSA Safety falls below.

Who owns the most shares of MSA Safety?

MSA Safety’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (3.79M shares, 9.66%), Blackrock (3.24M shares, 8.22%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (3.18M shares, 8.10%). Together, they hold 25.98% 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?

Ruane, cunniff & goldfarb is MSA Safety’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.53% of its assets in 1.81M MSA Safety shares, valued at 290.12M$.

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

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of MSA Safety shares, with 3.15% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.22M MSA Safety shares.

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