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MSA Safety Inc
MSA · NYSE; OTC · CIK 0000066570 · Healthcare · Security & Protection Services
INSIDER SIGNAL
1 qualifying P purchase group
in the current 180-day scoring window
26 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
2 sales · 23 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines
WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.
Why is there no score?
- No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
- Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.
Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.
Insider activity timeline
Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.
Showing the six most active owners; 7 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.
Purchase breadth & concentration
Roles in the peak window: Chief Financial Officer. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.
SIGNAL HISTORY
Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-06-11 · BECK JULIE A.
Recent Form 4 activity
P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.
Market context
Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.
Short interest
Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.
- Shares short
- 1,041,804
- Previous report
- 877,763
- Avg daily volume
- 284,323
- Days to cover
- 3.7
FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.
Historical equity purchases
Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.
| Transaction date | Reporting owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-11 | BECK JULIE A | Purchase (P) | Common Stock, no par value | 448 | USD 158.69 | USD 71,093 | SEC filing ↗ |
Form 4 evidence
67 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 548 in local history.
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | LAMBERT WILLIAM M | Gift (G) | Common Stock, no par value | 6,000 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-11 | LAMBERT WILLIAM M | Gift (G) | Common Stock, no par value | 2,000 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-10 | Savi Luca | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 16 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | LAMBERT WILLIAM M | Gift (G) | Common Stock, no par value | 6,000 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-11 | LAMBERT WILLIAM M | Gift (G) | Common Stock, no par value | 2,000 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-10 | Savi Luca | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 16 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-10 | Phillips Sandra L. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 11 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-10 | PEARSE DIANE M | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 20 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-10 | Jordan Gregory B. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 20 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | BECK JULIE A | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock, no par value | 140 | USD 186.77 | USD 26,148 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-07 | Vartanian Nishan J. | Sale (S) | Common Stock, no par value | 20,000 | USD 193.99 | USD 3,879,800 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-04 | Marquez Octavio | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 626 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-04 | Buck Jonathan D. | Sale (S) | Common Stock, no par value | 469 | USD 191.00 | USD 89,579 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-04 | Buck Jonathan D. | Gift (G) | Common Stock, no par value | 52 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-12 | Blanco Steven C. Sr. | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock, no par value | 702 | USD 159.89 | USD 112,243 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-11 | BECK JULIE A | Purchase (P) | Common Stock, no par value | 448 | USD 158.69 | USD 71,093 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-10 | Savi Luca | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 18 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-10 | Phillips Sandra L. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 12 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-10 | PEARSE DIANE M | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 23 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-10 | Jordan Gregory B. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 23 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-21 | Roda Richard W | Gift (G) | Common Stock, no par value | 300 | USD 167.76 | USD 50,328 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | Vartanian Nishan J. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 899 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | Sperry William R | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 899 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | Savi Luca | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 899 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | Phillips Sandra L. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 899 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | PEARSE DIANE M | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 899 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | LAMBERT WILLIAM M | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 899 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | Jordan Gregory B. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 899 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | BRUGGEWORTH ROBERT A | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 899 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-03-10 | Savi Luca | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 13 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-03-10 | Phillips Sandra L. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 8 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-03-10 | PEARSE DIANE M | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 17 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-03-10 | Jordan Gregory B. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock, no par value | 17 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.
Snapshot & identity
| Snapshot date | 2026-10-18 |
|---|---|
| Ranking version | US-v1.2 |
| Data quality | PASS ELIGIBLE · — |
| Ticker | MSA |
| CIK | 0000066570 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Security & Protection Services Yahoo Finance |
| SEC SIC | 3842 Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies |
| Exchange | NYSE; OTC |
Data coverage
| Local Form 4 history | 548 transaction lines from 2020-02-25 to 2026-09-14 1 P purchase lines · 104 S sale lines · 443 other lines |
|---|---|
| SEC company submissions | Open SEC filings ↗ |
Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.