MSA
MSA Safety Incorporated · Industrials · Security & Protection Services
Momentum inputs (comparable managers):
holder breadth -11.1% ·
share flow -7.9% ·
net new positions -18.8%
· formula
Broad distribution: falling shares and fewer holders
All ownership figures: tracked 13F managers only, common-stock positions, reporting period Q3 2025
| Quarter | Holders | Δ | Shares | Reported value | New | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 116 | -1 | 20.74M | $3.61B | +6 | −9 |
| Q1 2026 | 122 | +4 | 19.09M | $3.13B | +8 | −5 |
| Q4 2025 | 118 | +1 | 20.47M | $3.28B | +2 | n/a |
| Q3 2025 | 16 | -2 | 13.79M | $2.37B | +1 | −4 |
| Q2 2025 | 16 | 0 | 11.50M | $1.93B | +2 | −2 |
| Q1 2025 | 13 | 0 | 4.63M | $679.06M | +1 | −1 |
| Q4 2024 | 13 | 0 | 4.73M | $784.13M | +1 | −1 |
| Q3 2024 | 12 | +1 | 2.43M | $430.93M | +1 | n/a |
| Q2 2024 | 11 | n/a | 2.23M | $418.35M | n/a | n/a |
| # | Manager | Shares | Δ shares | Value | Their weight | Held | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Vanguard Group ✦ (passive) | 3.71M | -2.5% | $638.45M | 0.0% | ▼ Trim | 2 | SEC ↗ ×5 |
| 2 | BlackRock ✦ (passive) | 3.19M | -5.4% | $549.25M | 0.0% | ▼ Trim | 2 | SEC ↗ ×15 |
| 3 | JPMorgan Chase ✦ | 3.03M | n/a | $520.54M | 0.0% | n/c | 1 | SEC ↗ ×22 |
| 4 | State Street Global Advisors ✦ (passive) | 1.66M | -3.1% | $285.82M | 0.0% | ▼ Trim | 4 | SEC ↗ |
| 5 | Geode Capital Management ✦ (passive) | 650.12K | -22.0% | $111.89M | 0.0% | ▼ Trim | 6 | SEC ↗ ×2 |
| 6 | Morgan Stanley ✦ | 451.37K | n/a | $77.67M | 0.0% | n/c | 1 | SEC ↗ ×11 |
| 7 | T. Rowe Price ✦ | 393.22K | -65.7% | $67.66M | 0.0% | ▼ Trim | 6 | SEC ↗ ×2 |
| 8 | Goldman Sachs Group ✦ | 310.05K | n/a | $53.35M | 0.0% | n/c | 1 | SEC ↗ ×3 |
| 9 | Capital World Investors ✦ | 112.84K | 0.0% | $19.42M | 0.0% | Held | 2 | SEC ↗ |
| 10 | Baillie Gifford ✦ | 82.98K | -10.8% | $14.28M | 0.0% | ▼ Trim | 6 | SEC ↗ ×3 |
| 11 | Citadel Advisors ✦ | 62.55K | New | $10.76M | 0.0% | New | 1 | SEC ↗ ×2 |
| 12 | Millennium Management ✦ | 54.32K | +322.7% | $9.35M | 0.0% | ▲ Add | 6 | SEC ↗ |
| 13 | AQR Capital Management ✦ | 41.98K | -18.3% | $7.19M | 0.0% | ▼ Trim | 6 | SEC ↗ ×5 |
| 14 | Gotham Asset Management ✦ | 30.27K | +30.6% | $5.21M | 0.0% | ▲ Add | 6 | SEC ↗ |
| 15 | Fidelity (FMR) ✦ | 4.86K | +2.6% | $835,638 | 0.0% | ▲ Add | 2 | SEC ↗ ×3 |
| 16 | Marshall Wace ✦ | 4.10K | +86.2% | $704,799 | 0.0% | ▲ Add | 2 | SEC ↗ |
“Their weight” = the position's share of that manager's reported 13F equity value: the conviction measure. ✦ = curated manager.
New buyers
| Citadel Advisors | $10.76M | 0.0% |
Exited
| Norges Bank | $52.17M | was 0.0% |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | $643,483 | was 0.0% |
| Renaissance Technologies | $636,614 | was 0.0% |
| Arrowstreet Capital | $632,593 | was 0.0% |
Full-market context: across ALL 13F filers (SEC structured data, Q1 2026): 443 holders, 33.42M shares, $5.13B reported. This is a different, older period than the tracked-universe figures above and the two are never mixed.
What else this security's tracked holders most often hold: shared-ownership counts, not fundamental relationships.
Open-market purchases (P)
No open-market insider purchases in our coverage window.
Open-market sales (S)
Director · 20.00K sh · $3.88M
Awards, exercises and tax withholding are never counted as buys or sales here. Methodology