Contrasting MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) & Allied Security Innovations (OTCMKTS:ADSV)

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) and Allied Security Innovations (OTCMKTS:ADSV) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Allied Security Innovations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allied Security Innovations has a beta of -1.41, meaning that its share price is 241% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares MSA Safety Incorporporated and Allied Security Innovations’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSA Safety Incorporporated	15.16%	24.54%	12.64%
Allied Security Innovations	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for MSA Safety Incorporporated and Allied Security Innovations, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSA Safety Incorporporated	0	5	2	0	2.29
Allied Security Innovations	0	0	0	0	0.00

MSA Safety Incorporporated presently has a consensus price target of $200.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.81%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe MSA Safety Incorporporated is more favorable than Allied Security Innovations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MSA Safety Incorporporated and Allied Security Innovations”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.87 billion	3.56	$278.92 million	$7.40	23.34
Allied Security Innovations	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

MSA Safety Incorporporated has higher revenue and earnings than Allied Security Innovations.

Summary

MSA Safety Incorporporated beats Allied Security Innovations on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MSA Safety Incorporporated

MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products and technology solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures in the fire service, energy, utility, construction, and industrial manufacturing applications, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries worldwide. The company's core product offerings include fixed gas and flame detection systems, such as gas detection monitoring systems, and flame detectors and open-path infrared gas detectors; breathing apparatus products, including self-contained breathing apparatus; hand-held portable gas detection instruments to detect the presence or absence of various gases in the air; industrial head protection products; firefighter helmets and protective apparel; and fall protection equipment, such as confined space equipment, harnesses, lanyards, and self-retracting lifelines, as well as engineered systems. In addition, the company offers air-purifying respirators, eye and face protection products, ballistic helmets, and gas masks. It serves distributors and end-users through indirect and direct sales channels. The company offers its products under the V-Gard, Cairns, and Gallet brand names. MSA Safety Incorporated was founded in 1914 and is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.

About Allied Security Innovations

Allied Security Innovations, Inc., through its subsidiary, CGM Applied Security Technologies, Inc., manufactures and distributes indicative and barrier security seals, security tapes, and related packaging security systems in the United States and internationally. It also provides protective security products for palletized cargo; and physical security systems for tractors, trailers, and containers, as well as various specialized authentication products. The company's principal products include tapes, self-wound security tapes, void labels and void tapes for bag closure, SUPERSEALS, custom coated products, conductive inks and membrane switch components, electro-magnetic asset protection systems, locks, sentry sensors, and other related items. It provides its products for use in aircraft and truck seals, fiber and steel drum seals, motor vehicle inspection seals, pharmaceutical packaging, box or container closure seals, cash bag components, computer seals, validation devices, general security products, and law enforcement agencies. The company also develops, assembles, markets, and installs computer systems, which capture video, digitally captured images, and scanned images; digitizes the image; links the digitized images to text/data; and stores the image and text on a computer database, which allows for transmitting the image and text by computer or telecommunication links to remote locations. In addition, it offers maintenance and support, and related services; and software. The company serves producers of various items, such as perfumes, computers, silicon chips, jewelry, and cash and negotiable documents. The company was formerly known as Digital Descriptor Systems, Inc. and changed its name Allied Security Innovations, Inc. in December 2006. Allied Security Innovations, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.