$MSA

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$MSA Overview Financial Statements SEC Filings Executives News Red Flags Capital Raising Ownership Insider Transactions Congressional Trades

Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 38.6M shares outstanding

Who owns MSA?

By type of holder

Institutions 91.3% Insiders 0.0% Everyone else 8.8%

Concentration Top 10 holders own 36.0%

BlackRock, Inc. 8.6% · Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 4.7%

Institutional ownership

91.3%

+2.6 pts vs last qtr

Institutional holders

458

+6 vs last qtr

Net shares bought

+995.2K

by institutions in Q2 2026

New / sold out

53 / 47

positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026

Norges Bank NEW +314.8K
Capital Research Global Investors NEW +306.3K

Biggest sellers in Q2 2026

APG Asset Management N.V. −858.9K
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. −340.5K

Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months

$4.53M

2 notices from 2 people

Shares covered

23.4K

0.06% of the company

Arranged in advance

of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan

Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan

Largest proposed sellers

Nishan J Vartanian Director $3.88M
Howells David J Former officer $646K

Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025

+3.6%

+0.39% a year

Each share's claim on the business

−3.5%

shrank without buying or selling a share

Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock

— vs $156M

over 10 fiscal years

Diluted shares, split-adjusted

Buybacks Stock-based comp

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held

5+ years59% 3–5 years5% 1–3 years25% Under 1 year11%

Quarterly turnover

10.2%

of institutional shares changed hands

Top 10 managers, median time held

5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting MSA on Form 13F

Holder	Shares	% of company	Change vs last qtr	Held since	% of their book
B BlackRock, Inc.	3.3M	8.64%	+80.0K (+2.5%)	≤2021	0.0%
Shares held by quarter Peak holding3.4M (Q4'24) Change over 8 quarters−4.3K Share of the company8.640% BlackRock, Inc.'s full portfolio →
VP Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	1.8M	4.74%	−13.6K (−0.7%)	≤2021	0.0%
Shares held by quarter Peak holding1.8M (Q1'26) Change over 8 quarters+1.8M Share of the company4.740% Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC's full portfolio →

BlackRock, Inc.

3.3M

% of company

8.64%

Change vs last qtr

+80.0K (+2.5%)

Held since

≤2021

Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC

1.8M

% of company

4.74%

Change vs last qtr

−13.6K (−0.7%)

Held since

≤2021

28 more super investors behind a free account

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting MSA on Form N-PORT; together they hold 41.4% of the company

Fund	Position value	Shares	% of company	% of the fund	As of
IC iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF iShares Trust	$217M	1.2M	3.22%	0.17%	June 30, 2026
VT Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Vanguard Index Funds	$214M	1.2M	3.17%	0.01%	June 30, 2026

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

iShares Trust

Position value

$217M

% of company

3.22%

% of the fund

0.17%

As of

June 30, 2026

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

Vanguard Index Funds

Position value

$214M

% of company

3.17%

% of the fund

0.01%

As of

June 30, 2026

23 more funds behind a free account

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