Short interest in MSA Safety Inc (NYSE:MSA) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 434.17K to 499.01K. This put 1.54% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Short interest in MSA Safety Corp (XNYS:MSA) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 280.30M to 275.20M. This put 1.17% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 221.94K shares traded per day, it would take 2.25 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.