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MSA Safety stock timeline
A year of the price with every insider trade, planned sale, earnings report and material 8-K marked
252 sessions+9.6% to $170.14
MSA Safety (MSA) stock rose 10% over the last 252 sessions, to $170.14. On the way it reported 4 quarters, its insiders filed 5 open-market trades and 2 Form 144 notices of planned sales, and the company filed 3 material 8-Ks. Each is marked on the price and listed with what the stock did next.
Each mark, and what followed
| Date | Kind | What | Next session | 5 sessions | 21 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Earnings | Earnings: beat the EPS estimate by 0.2% | +4.3% (+4.8% vs SPY) | −4.8% (−2.1% vs SPY) | — |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Form 144 | Form 144: David J Howells plans to sell $646K | +0.1% (+0.8% vs SPY) | −0.1% (+1.1% vs SPY) | −5.0% (−2.6% vs SPY) |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Form 144 | Form 144: Nishan J Vartanian plans to sell $3.9M | +0.1% (−0.5% vs SPY) | −2.2% (−3.4% vs SPY) | −2.5% (−2.7% vs SPY) |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Insider sale | Vartanian Nishan J. sold $3.9M | +0.1% (−0.5% vs SPY) | −2.2% (−3.4% vs SPY) | −2.5% (−2.7% vs SPY) |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Insider sale | Buck Jonathan D. sold $90K | +0.4% (−1.4% vs SPY) | +0.3% (−1.7% vs SPY) | −2.4% (−2.9% vs SPY) |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Earnings | Earnings: beat the EPS estimate by 12.4% | −0.8% (−2.5% vs SPY) | +9.2% (+3.8% vs SPY) | +8.9% (+3.4% vs SPY) |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 8-K | Directors and officers: departures, appointments, pay | +1.1% (+1.2% vs SPY) | +5.6% (+6.6% vs SPY) | +11.1% (+8.4% vs SPY) |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Insider buy | Beck Julie A bought $71K | +2.0% (+0.3% vs SPY) | +2.5% (+0.4% vs SPY) | +7.6% (+4.1% vs SPY) |
| May 5, 2026 | 8-K | Material definitive agreement | +2.2% (+1.4% vs SPY) | +2.0% (−0.9% vs SPY) | −0.1% (−5.0% vs SPY) |
| May 4, 2026 | Earnings | Earnings: beat the EPS estimate by 9.0% | −0.3% (+0.1% vs SPY) | +2.5% (+0.2% vs SPY) | −1.2% (−6.5% vs SPY) |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Insider sale | Buck Jonathan D. sold $224K | +0.1% (−0.1% vs SPY) | −3.6% (−3.7% vs SPY) | −13.4% (−11.7% vs SPY) |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Earnings | Earnings: beat the EPS estimate by 5.3% | +1.1% (+1.1% vs SPY) | +2.9% (+3.7% vs SPY) | −7.9% (−4.0% vs SPY) |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 8-K | Directors and officers: departures, appointments, pay | −0.1% (−0.5% vs SPY) | −0.9% (−0.1% vs SPY) | +11.1% (+10.4% vs SPY) |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Insider sale | Buck Jonathan D. sold $54K | +4.4% (+3.5% vs SPY) | +6.5% (+4.6% vs SPY) | +4.7% (+1.2% vs SPY) |
Insiders’ record here
In the year on the chart, MSA Safety's insiders reported 1 open-market buy ($71K) and 4 sales ($4.2M). Of the 5 old enough to score, 4 were followed by the stock doing what the trade implied over the next 63 sessions (beating SPY after a buy, lagging it after a sale); the median excess return after a buy was +10.6% and after a sale −1.0%.
Across the whole universe (19,782 scored trades), insider buys beat the market 46% of the time and sales were followed by a lagging stock 61% of the time; buys of $1M or more 39%. Every pattern →
What this kind of 8-K usually did
| Item | 8-Ks | Next session, median | Up next session | 21 sessions, median | Typical size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.02 Directors and officers: departures, appointments, pay | 39,174 | −0.1% | 48% | +0.7% | ±1.4% |
| 1.01 Material definitive agreement | 23,525 | 0.0% | 51% | +1.0% | ±1.4% |
Across every company in the move-odds universe, measured from the close before the filing. Every 8-K item ranked →
Report card: every quarter against the estimate → MSA Safety: every quarter → Live insider trades →
Prices are daily closes; filings and trades are as filed with the SEC (Form 4 within two business days of the trade, 8-K within four of the event). Moves after a mark are the stock's close-to-close change and the same for SPY; they describe the record, not what the next one will do. Not investment advice.