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MSA SAFETY INC (MSA)
Institutional ownership reported to the SEC as of Q2 2026, across 32 quarters.
461
Reporting holders
$6.1B
Reported value
91.4%
Of shares outstanding
0.0%
Calls
0.0%
Puts
+10
Holder change
Institutions report 35,263,663 shares against 38,578,289 outstanding. Shares only - option lines are excluded, which is why this can be compared with the company at all. The count comes from the cover page of the company's own most recent report, so it is dated when that was filed rather than at quarter end. A figure this high can overstate: where an adviser and a sub-adviser both report the same shares, both are counted.
Calls and puts are the parts of reported value carried in derivative lines rather than shares, and they point in opposite directions: a manager holding calls is positioned for the security, one holding puts against it - or hedging shares they already own, which is why index funds carry so many. Most sites add the two together and report one figure, which averages away the only interesting part.
Holders
| Filer | Value | Shares | Their book | Held | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | $581.7M | 3,331,741 | 0.01% | 8q | +2.5%+$14.0M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $319.3M | 1,828,682 | 0.01% | 2q | -0.7%-$2.4M |
| Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. | $300.5M | 1,721,415 | 4.68% | 5q | -3.1%-$9.6M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $298.3M | 1,708,900 | 0.01% | 2q | HELD |
| STATE STREET CORP | $283.8M | 1,626,476 | 0.01% | 31q | +5.7%+$15.3M |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | $137.4M | 796,788 | 0.01% | 31q | +4.9%+$6.4M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $135.1M | 773,699 | 0.02% | 31q | +2.0%+$2.7M |
| COOKE & BIELER LP | $126.6M | 725,229 | 1.46% | 9q | -14.2%-$21.0M |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ | $124.6M | 713,768 | 1.77% | 5q | +5.1%+$6.1M |
| M&G PLC | $120.8M | 690,334 | 0.60% | 10q | -1.1%-$1.3M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $120.8M | 691,769 | 0.01% | 31q | HELD |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | $117.5M | 672,834 | 0.02% | 31q | -3.5%-$4.3M |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | $116.1M | 664,896 | 0.07% | 14q | +6.3%+$6.8M |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | $115.3M | 660,573 | 1.37% | 3q | +12.2%+$12.6M |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC | $104.8M | 600,058 | 2.41% | 31q | -1.2%-$1.3M |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | $97.5M | 638,713 | 0.24% | 27q | -57.4%-$131.1M |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC | $96.8M | 554,574 | 2.11% | 11q | -16.6%-$19.2M |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC | $92.0M | 526,882 | 0.10% | 7q | +32.9%+$22.7M |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | $90.4M | 517,821 | 0.05% | 28q | +16.9%+$13.1M |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | $90.0M | 515,458 | 0.01% | 31q | +32.8%+$22.2M |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP | $89.3M | 524,131 | 0.04% | 9q | +34.9%+$23.1M |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | $85.6M | 490,034 | 0.02% | 4q | -8.1%-$7.6M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | $80.5M | 461,215 | 0.00% | 35q | +1.3%+$1.1M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | $74.2M | 425,095 | 0.01% | 31q | HELD |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | $67.0M | 383,496 | 0.02% | 7q | -13.8%-$10.7M |
| Invesco Ltd. | $66.1M | 378,418 | 0.01% | 31q | -9.3%-$6.7M |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | $60.7M | 347,875 | 0.01% | 31q | +1.5%+$913.1K |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | $60.3M | 345,210 | 0.04% | 16q | -49.7%-$59.4M |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | $59.0M | 337,968 | 0.48% | 5q | +190.4%+$38.7M |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC | $56.3M | 322,257 | 0.09% | 29q | HELD |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | $55.9M | 320,243 | 1.44% | 31q | -50.1%-$56.2M |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | $55.8M | 324,489 | 0.04% | 9q | +1.3%+$693.7K |
| NORGES BANK | $55.0M | 314,843 | 0.01% | 32q | -24.6%-$17.9M |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | $53.8M | 308,421 | 0.05% | 31q | +1.2%+$620.8K |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | $53.7M | 307,558 | 0.03% | 31q | -9.3%-$5.5M |
| Capital Research Global Investors | $53.5M | 306,306 | 0.01% | new | NEW |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | $53.1M | 304,375 | 0.00% | 31q | +110.8%+$27.9M |
| Capital World Investors | $41.2M | 236,168 | 0.00% | 5q | +2.8%+$1.1M |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | $40.4M | 231,373 | 0.01% | 2q | +1.2%+$469.1K |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | $36.8M | 210,933 | 0.03% | 17q | +2.8%+$1.0M |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | $36.0M | 206,099 | 0.01% | 31q | -5.5%-$2.1M |
| Copeland Capital Management, LLC | $35.8M | 205,223 | 0.74% | 7q | +16.1%+$5.0M |
| SOUTHERNSUN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | $34.9M | 199,654 | 4.69% | 5q | +17.1%+$5.1M |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | $34.6M | 202,926 | 0.05% | 13q | +200.4%+$23.0M |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | $31.5M | 180,686 | 0.04% | 31q | HELD |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC | $31.1M | 178,380 | 0.23% | 5q | +6.4%+$1.9M |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | $30.6M | 175,098 | 0.07% | 12q | +136.4%+$17.6M |
| Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension | $29.4M | 168,600 | 0.64% | 3q | +16.4%+$4.2M |
| Giverny Capital Inc. | $29.0M | 166,305 | 0.98% | new | NEW |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $27.2M | 157,808 | 0.01% | 31q | +198.1%+$18.1M |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | $27.0M | 154,670 | 0.04% | 31q | +10.1%+$2.5M |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ | $25.7M | 147,304 | 0.13% | new | NEW |
| Triodos Investment Management BV | $23.7M | 136,000 | 1.45% | 8q | +11.5%+$2.4M |
| UBS Group AG | $21.4M | 122,567 | 0.00% | 31q | +9.4%+$1.8M |
| Aberdeen Group plc | $20.1M | 115,417 | 0.03% | 13q | -25.3%-$6.8M |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | $20.1M | 115,144 | 0.00% | 31q | +1.9%+$378.5K |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | $19.7M | 112,900 | 0.00% | 31q | +5.8%+$1.1M |
| Sone Capital Management, LLC | $18.6M | 106,377 | 1.41% | new | NEW |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | $18.0M | 103,270 | 0.01% | 12q | +161.9%+$11.1M |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB | $17.8M | 102,191 | 0.05% | 31q | -13.2%-$2.7M |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS | $17.5M | 100,490 | 0.01% | 31q | -0.6%-$97.8K |
| P2 Capital Partners, LLC | $17.3M | 99,117 | 7.05% | 5q | -4.0%-$724.9K |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | $16.9M | 96,851 | 0.00% | 31q | -48.6%-$16.0M |
| SPEECE THORSON CAPITAL GROUP INC | $16.9M | 96,741 | 3.61% | 6q | +13.6%+$2.0M |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | $16.6M | 94,800 | 0.03% | 27q | -15.5%-$3.0M |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP | $16.4M | 93,828 | 0.03% | 28q | -8.4%-$1.5M |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | $16.0M | 91,841 | 0.00% | 31q | -3.0%-$496.7K |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | $15.7M | 89,832 | 0.00% | 31q | +9.3%+$1.3M |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | $15.6M | 89,517 | 0.02% | 3q | +2490.2%+$15.0M |
| BARCLAYS PLC | $15.1M | 86,258 | 0.00% | 31q | +170.5%+$9.5M |
| ARGENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $14.6M | 83,525 | 0.46% | 5q | -6.0%-$925.1K |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC | $14.4M | 82,267 | 0.07% | 2q | +3.0%+$415.5K |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | $13.8M | 79,272 | 0.01% | 31q | -1.0%-$140.2K |
| Pillsbury Lake Capital LLC | $13.4M | 76,963 | 3.67% | new | NEW |
| Swiss National Bank | $12.9M | 74,000 | 0.01% | 31q | +0.5%+$69.8K |
| EULAV Asset Management | $12.8M | 73,600 | 0.41% | 12q | -5.2%-$698.3K |
| MIROVA | $12.7M | 72,622 | 0.47% | 2q | -9.9%-$1.4M |
| Nuveen, LLC | $12.7M | 72,591 | 0.00% | 6q | +9.2%+$1.1M |
| CITIGROUP INC | $12.1M | 69,253 | 0.00% | 31q | +36.3%+$3.2M |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP | $11.8M | 67,315 | 0.01% | 31q | +15.3%+$1.6M |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | $11.5M | 65,948 | 0.01% | 31q | +0.9%+$104.4K |
| NICOLA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD. | $11.4M | 65,375 | 1.31% | 4q | HELD |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | $11.1M | 63,343 | 0.01% | 15q | +15.7%+$1.5M |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC | $10.7M | 61,290 | 0.07% | 31q | +325.3%+$8.2M |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | $10.7M | 61,235 | 0.03% | 31q | -10.5%-$1.2M |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | $10.7M | 61,206 | 0.01% | 6q | +552.1%+$9.0M |
| Trigran Investments, Inc. | $10.6M | 60,834 | 1.95% | new | NEW |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | $10.3M | 64,061 | 0.02% | 29q | HELD |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | $10.2M | 61,932 | 0.00% | 31q | +34.3%+$2.6M |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | $10.1M | 57,742 | 0.01% | 31q | +99.8%+$5.0M |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | $9.6M | 54,782 | 0.01% | 2q | +1935.7%+$9.1M |
| LPL Financial LLC | $9.5M | 54,265 | 0.00% | 21q | -1.3%-$125.5K |
| Foresight Group Ltd Liability Partnership | $9.4M | 54,195 | 1.70% | 6q | -11.5%-$1.2M |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC | $9.0M | 51,275 | 0.40% | 2q | +76.0%+$3.9M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | $8.6M | 49,177 | 0.00% | 31q | -2.1%-$183.0K |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. | $8.5M | 48,700 | 0.02% | 31q | -1.2%-$100.4K |
| EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd | $8.4M | 47,925 | 2.55% | 13q | +1.7%+$138.4K |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | $8.3M | 47,430 | 0.00% | 3q | -8.5%-$767.8K |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | $8.1M | 46,575 | 0.01% | 5q | +3226.8%+$7.9M |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC | $8.0M | 45,702 | 0.01% | 15q | -71.6%-$20.1M |
Showing the largest 100 of 461 reported holders.
What the insiders did
Open market purchases and sales reported on Form 4 in the last 180 days. Grants, option exercises and shares surrendered to cover tax are left out: they are compensation rather than a decision to buy or sell. Where a broker filled one order in tranches the lines are summed, because it was one decision.
Officers and directors
| Date | Insider | Role | Side | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Vartanian Nishan J. | Director, Other | Sold | 20,000 | $3.9M |
Quarter by quarter
Coverage begins with the quarter ending 2018-12-31. Earlier filings exist only as occasional late amendments, too sparse to describe a market, so they are not shown.
| Quarter | Holders | Value | Shares | New | Added | Trimmed | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 121 | $324.3M | 1,823,951 | 23 | 47 | 27 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2026 | 461 | $6.1B | 35,263,663 | 51 | 179 | 138 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2026 | 451 | $5.6B | 34,207,284 | 63 | 143 | 134 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 409 | $5.5B | 34,650,775 | 38 | 126 | 145 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 402 | $6.2B | 36,528,725 | 43 | 115 | 144 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 390 | $6.0B | 36,148,063 | 60 | 119 | 141 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2025 | 378 | $4.9B | 33,545,259 | 42 | 133 | 123 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2024 | 372 | $5.5B | 32,944,500 | 27 | 140 | 104 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2024 | 379 | $6.0B | 34,103,874 | 48 | 121 | 121 | 0.4% |
| Q2 2024 | 368 | $6.4B | 34,380,513 | 46 | 123 | 119 | 0.2% |
| Q1 2024 | 367 | $6.7B | 34,984,134 | 44 | 140 | 102 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2023 | 349 | $5.8B | 34,627,878 | 56 | 127 | 97 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2023 | 310 | $5.0B | 31,593,877 | 45 | 84 | 104 | 0.2% |
| Q2 2023 | 282 | $5.5B | 32,165,591 | 36 | 81 | 89 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2023 | 273 | $4.0B | 30,620,224 | 34 | 86 | 72 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 271 | $4.4B | 30,812,403 | 46 | 95 | 78 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 241 | $3.6B | 33,040,440 | 17 | 72 | 92 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2022 | 246 | $4.0B | 32,827,234 | 27 | 91 | 65 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2022 | 252 | $4.3B | 32,760,956 | 14 | 88 | 68 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 265 | $5.7B | 38,597,675 | 20 | 81 | 80 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2021 | 267 | $5.8B | 40,634,103 | 23 | 75 | 84 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 262 | $6.0B | 36,851,049 | 20 | 69 | 95 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 267 | $5.4B | 36,822,454 | 28 | 66 | 108 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2020 | 264 | $6.2B | 42,255,675 | 27 | 78 | 86 | 0.2% |
| Q3 2020 | 255 | $4.9B | 36,506,206 | 34 | 67 | 89 | 0.3% |
| Q2 2020 | 256 | $4.2B | 36,819,672 | 52 | 70 | 77 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2020 | 226 | $8.7B | 86,407,050 | 22 | 66 | 89 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2019 | 243 | $6.3B | 49,938,914 | 40 | 60 | 82 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2019 | 220 | $5.4B | 49,475,986 | 23 | 67 | 72 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2019 | 228 | $5.1B | 48,594,494 | 22 | 73 | 68 | 0.3% |
| Q1 2019 | 248 | $5.0B | 48,285,991 | 44 | 78 | 67 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2018 | 229 | $7.5B | 79,365,134 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.0% |