MSA Safety (MSA) 2026 年第三季法說會:營收成長 15%,維持展望
MSA Safety公布2026年第三季銷售額為5.36億美元,年增15%,調整後稀釋每股盈餘上升8%至2.09美元。併購Autronica擴大檢測業務佔比並推升營收,惟稀釋了短期毛利率與營業利益率。管理層維持2026年全年展望,預期營收呈低雙位數成長,調整後毛利率介於47.5%至48.5%。
重點摘要
- MSA Safety 公布 2026 年第三季銷售額為 5.36 億美元,年增 15%,其中包括 6% 的有機成長、Autronica 帶來的 8% 貢獻,以及 1% 的外匯順風。
- 調整後稀釋每股盈餘上升 8% 至 2.09 美元。調整後營業利益率下滑 70 個基點至 21.4%,主要反映 Autronica 稀釋了 50 個基點。
- 消防服務領域有機銷售額增加 9%,而工業 PPE 成長 7%。檢測產品銷售額呈報成長 22%,有機成長為 2%。
- Autronica 貢獻了 3,900 萬美元 的季度銷售額。該收購案使檢測業務佔 MSA 總業務的比例提升至約 45%,且對本季調整後每股盈餘為中性。
- 有機訂單成長達雙位數,出貨接單比 (book-to-bill) 高於 1。連線產品目前佔可攜式氣體檢測銷售額的 15%。
- 管理層維持其 2026 年展望,預期 營收呈低雙位數成長,且調整後毛利率介於 47.5% 至 48.5%。
關鍵財務數據
| 指標 | 2026 年第三季 | 變動 / 說明 |
|---|---|---|
| 銷售額 | 5.36 億美元 | 年增 15% |
| 有機銷售成長 | 6% | 受價格與銷量支撐 |
| Autronica 對成長的貢獻 | 8 個百分點 | 3,900 萬美元的單季銷售額 |
| 調整後毛利率 | 47.0% | 下降 20 個基點;包含 Autronica 帶來的 70 個基點 稀釋 |
| 調整後營業利益率 | 21.4% | 下降 70 個基點;包含 Autronica 帶來的 50 個基點 稀釋 |
| 調整後稀釋每股盈餘 | 2.09 美元 | 年增 8% |
| 自由現金流 | 6,800 萬美元 | 今年迄今自由現金流成長 14%,轉化率達 100% |
| 流動性 | 約 6.55 億美元 | 季末加權平均利率為 4.4% |
| 淨槓桿率 | 1.7 倍 | 低於先前的擬議預估值 1.8 倍 |
今年迄今報告銷售額成長 10%,包含 4% 的有機成長。調整後營業利益率擴張 90 個基點,且 調整後新增營業利益率達 32%。調整後每股盈餘成長 17%(今年迄今)。
價格與生產力措施完全抵銷了通膨與不利的產品組合,貢獻了 50 個基點 的併購稀釋前毛利率擴張。GAAP 結果受到併購相關攤銷與交易成本的影響。
業務與營運績效
檢測業務
報告檢測銷售額成長 22%,而有機銷售額成長 2%。可攜式氣體檢測業務表現強勁,但固定式氣體與火焰檢測持續受到中東地緣政治局勢的壓力。管理層估計該衝突使公司今年迄今的成長減少約 1.5 個百分點。
連線設備貢獻了可攜式氣體檢測約一半的成長,並達到 可攜式總銷售額的 15%,高於一年前的 10%。MSA 還從美國東北部一家大型公用事業公司獲得了迄今最大筆的 ALTAIR io 6 連線型可攜式氣體檢測儀訂單。
收購 Autronica 使 MSA 的可服務市場擴大超過 30 億美元。管理層表示,整合進展符合計畫,並預計該業務將在完成收購的第一個完整財年提升調整後每股盈餘 (EPS)。
消防服務與工業個人防護裝備 (PPE)
消防服務有機銷售額成長 9%,主要受美洲空氣呼吸器 (SCBA) 需求與 Globe 消防衣帶動。在 M1 SCBA 及關鍵消防衣訂單的支撐下,國際消防服務銷售額實現雙位數有機成長。
於 9 月推出的 G1 City Edition SCBA整合了 LUNAR Beacon 技術並連接 FIREGRID,可提供位置、警報狀態與氣壓數據。管理層表示,初期客戶回饋強烈,預計該產品將有助於 MSA 在未來的消防服務商機中鞏固競爭優勢。
工業 PPE 有機銷售額成長 7%。美洲地區的成長受惠於客戶採用 V-Gard H2 Type 2 安全帽 以及北美工業資本投資的持續進行。國際市場對防彈安全帽的需求亦維持強勁。
區域業績
美洲地區銷售額 列報成長 8%,有機成長 7%。調整後營業利潤率上升 30 個基點至 28.6%,主要歸因於毛利擴大。
國際市場銷售額成長 28%,包括 2% 的有機成長 以及 來自 Autronica 的 26 個百分點貢獻。調整後營業利潤率為 16.1%,年增 10 個基點,季增 60 個基點。
管理層業績展望
MSA Safety 維持其 2026 全年展望,預期 營收將實現雙位數低段成長,此展望基於:
- 中個位數的有機成長
- 併購案帶來的中個位數貢獻
- 依據 9 月匯率計算,1 至 2 個百分點 的有利外匯影響
管理層預期消防服務與工業 PPE 將驅動第四季的有機成長。氣體檢測業務則面臨中東衝突帶來的壓力,以及去年同期大型固定監測裝備出貨所造成的高基期挑戰。
公司繼續預期全年調整後毛利率為 47.5% 至 48.5%(不含收購相關的攤銷)。管理層亦重申其目標,即每年營業利潤率至少 提升 30 至 50 個基點,且 增量利潤率達到 30% 至 40%.
風險與關注焦點
- 中東地灯政治情勢持續拖累固定式氣體與火焰檢怫產品的銷售。
- 由於去年同期有數筆大型固定式監怫訂單,檢怫業務第四季面臨較高的꾰較基期壓力。
- 併購 Autronica 稀釋了第三季毛利率與營業利率,但管理層預期炐效將在 2027 年開始發揮效益。
- 美國消防員補助計畫(Assistance to Firefighters Grants)資金已於 9 月下旺發放。管理層指出,各部門必須在 12 月中旺政府補助申請窗口關閉呈完成下單。
- 本季產品組合較不理想,主因是消防服務與工業用個人防護裝備(PPE)习銷售比重高於毛利率較高的檢怫產品。
- 管理層表示消防服務市場競爭激烈,但尚未觀ဏ到得標率、定價或競爭态勢出現重大變化。
分析師問答重通
管理層表示,本季在美洲地區完成了約 300 萬美元 的 2025 年剩餘補助金消防服務訂單。目前的下單步調已回升至接近正常的季烈性模式,且潛在案源與在手訂單均支持管理層傲第四季強劲表現的預期。
在利潤率方面,管理層指出策瑥性定價、價值債程、運輸成本管理以及營運系統改善措施是主要復甯推手。預計 Autronica 的炐效未來將持續帶來芢獻,該收購案預計將在其第一個完整年度增厚獲利。
MSA 持續評估其產品組合中的收購機會,目前較多活動集中於檢怫領域。管理層表示,部分潛在標的價格仍高於公司願意承擑的水平。
該公司計劂於 5 月向投資人提供最新動怋,包括最新的策瑥展望與中期苁務目標。
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Operator
Good day, and welcome to the MSA Safety Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]
Please note this event is being recorded. I'd now like to turn the conference over to Tyler Herzing. .
Tyler Herzing
Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to MSA Safety's Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. This is Tyler Herzing, Senior Manager of Investor Relations. I'm joined by Steve Blanco, President and CEO; Julie Beck, Senior Vice President and CFO; and Stephanie Sciullo, President of our Americas segment.
During today's call, we will discuss MSA's Third quarter 2026 financial results and provide an update on our full year 2026 outlook. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that the matters discussed during this call may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, all projections and anticipated levels of future performance. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those discussed today. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are detailed in our SEC filings. MSA Safety undertakes no duty to publicly update any forward-looking statements made on this call, except as required by law. We have included certain non-GAAP financial measures as part of our discussion this morning. The non-GAAP reconciliations are available in the appendix of today's presentation.
The presentation and press release are available on our Investor Relations website at investors.msasafety.com. Moving on to today's agenda. Steve will first provide an update on the business. Julie will then review our third quarter 2026 financial performance and 2026 outlook. Steve will then provide closing remarks. We will then open the call for your questions. With that, I'll turn the call over to Steve Blanco. Steve?
Steven Blanco
Thanks, Tyler, and good morning, everyone. Again, we appreciate your continued interest in MSA Safety. Before we dive into the results for the third quarter, I'd like to share a recent customer save story that serves as a powerful reminder of why MSA's mission matters. Just last month, a firefighter responding to a residential structure fire in New Hampshire was caught in a flashover event. One of the most dangerous situations at firefighter can face. Despite being exposed to extreme heat and flames, he was able to escape the structure and make it out safely. .
Following the incident, department officials pointed to the performance of their recently issued Globe turnout gear during what they described as a significant thermal event. Stories like this bring MSA's mission of safety to life and there is no better measure of success than helping the firefighter return home safely.
Now moving to Slide 6. Our team delivered strong results, achieving 15% reported sales growth with 6% organic and adjusted earnings per share of $2.09, up 8% from last year. At the same time, we continue to execute on key strategic priorities, including the completion of the Altronic acquisition, which grows our detection sales to approximately 45% of total business as well as the introduction of the G1 City Edition SCBA, which further strengthens our leadership position in the Americas fire service market.
Now looking at sales by product category, Including sales from Altronica, reported sales growth in detection was 22%. Organic deduction sales increased 2% year-over-year with strength in portable gas detection offset by fixed gas and flame detection. Fixed detection growth was impacted by the ongoing geopolitical conditions in the Middle East. Year-to-date, the direct sales impact of the conflict represents about a 1.5 percentage point headwind to overall company growth. In fire service, organic sales increased 9% year-over-year, primarily due to the strength in Americas SCBA and Globe turnout gear. 2026 AFG funding was released in late September -- and as expected, we've seen a more normalized operating environment thus far in the fourth quarter.
In International, EMEA and APAC contributed double-digit organic growth from strong sales of the M1 SCBA and key turnout gear orders. For industrial PPE, our organic growth was 7%. In the Americas, strength was driven by demand tied to the ongoing market adoption of our type 2 safety helmet, the H2 and was supported by continued industrial capital investment across North America. In international, growth in protective ballistic helmets remained robust.
Overall, the third quarter was an excellent example of our ability to deliver strong growth through a diversified product, market and geographic portfolio. Year-over-year, organic orders were up double digits with a book-to-bill above 1 in line with seasonal patterns. Order growth was broad-based across our product categories and included the largest MSAs order to date. Across our portfolio, we continue to benefit from market adoption of higher-value solutions that improve both worker safety and productivity.
Moving to Slide 7. Our third quarter performance reflects continued execution of our Accelerate strategy while strengthening our position for sustained long-term growth. The third quarter marked an important step forward in the evolution of our business with the completion of the Altronica acquisition. Again, Atronica broadens our detection platform expands our addressable market by more than $3 billion and strengthens and enhances our ability to engage customers earlier in the new project life cycle with a more comprehensive solution-led offering. The early stages of integration are progressing well, and the business contributed $39 million of sales in the quarter.
In addition to our investment in inorganic growth, our prioritized investment in voice and customer-driven research and development continues to translate into differentiated innovation. As I mentioned earlier, we recently received our largest MSAs order from a major utility customer in the Northeast United States for our Altair IO6 connected portable gas detector highlighting continued momentum in Connected Safety. Connected devices again represented about half of total portable gas detection sales growth in the quarter and now account for 15% of total portable sales.
Also in September, we launched the new G1 City Edition SCBA. Moving to Slide 8. The city addition is the latest update to our market-leading G1 platform and reflects our continued focus on meeting evolving customer needs. Developed through direct collaboration with fire departments, it translates customer insights into differentiated technology and ergonomics to help protect firefighters. Importantly, the City addition strengthens our leading position in the Americas SCBA market and positions MSA well for future opportunities across North America. At the center of the product is integration of our Lunar Beacon technology directly into the SCBA.
If a firefighter encounters an alarm condition or search and rescue situation, crews using a LUNA device receive information directly from the CBA to help them locate that firefighter more quickly, while FIREGRID provides real-time visibility into critical information such as location, alarm status and air pressure. Together, these advancements create a differentiated connected solution focused on improving situational awareness, safety and accountability.
With that, I'd now like to turn the call over to Julie to walk through the financial results for the third quarter in more detail and our '26 outlook. Julie?
Julie Beck
Thank you, Steve, and good day, everyone. We appreciate you joining the call. As we completed the Atranica acquisition, our third quarter GAAP financial performance was impacted by acquisition and transaction costs. Gross profit was negatively impacted by amortization and SG&A was negatively impacted by transaction costs. These adjustments also impacted operating income, net income and earnings per share. Please refer to the appendix of our earnings presentation for detailed reconciliations.
Starting on Slide 10 with the quarterly financial highlights. Third quarter sales were $536 million, an increase of 15% over the prior year. Sales were up 6% on an organic basis while Altronica added 8% and currency translation was a 1% tailwind. Positive price and volume contributed to organic growth. Year-to-date reported sales growth is 10%, including 4% organic. Adjusted gross margin was 47%, down 20 basis points from the prior year including 70 basis points of dilution from Altronica.
Price and productivity actions fully offset inflationary pressures and unfavorable mix and contributed 50 basis points of margin expansion from the prior year. On a year-to-date basis, adjusted gross margin has increased 140 basis points from the prior year, including Altronica. In the third quarter, we continued to invest in our innovative safety products and solutions with quarterly R&D investment of $20 million, a 20 basis point increase as a percentage of sales, including Altronica. Excluding transaction costs, SG&A increased from the prior year, driven by the inclusion of Autronica, higher variable compensation, commercial investments and inflation. Adjusted operating margin was 21.4%, down 70 basis points from last year, primarily reflecting Autronica dilution of 50 basis points.
Year-to-date, adjusted operating margin is up 90 basis points with an adjusted incremental operating margin of 32%. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $2.09 and up 8% from last year. Increased organic sales and margin expansion were the primary drivers of earnings per share growth with an additional benefit from share repurchases. Year-to-date, adjusted earnings per share are up 17%. The acquisition was neutral to adjusted EPS in the third quarter, we expect it to be accretive to adjusted EPS in the first full year of ownership. Now I'd like to review our segment performance.
In our Americas segment, sales increased 8% year-over-year on a reported basis, 7% organic. Currency translation added a 1% tailwind to reported growth. We delivered high single-digit organic growth in fire service and industrial PPE, along with mid-single-digit growth in detection. The adjusted operating margin was 28.6%, a 30 basis point increase compared to the previous year. The margin improvement was primarily due to gross profit expansion.
In international, sales increased 28% year-over-year. The organic increase was 2%, while Autronica add 26%. The organic increase reflects double-digit growth in fire service and low single-digit growth in industrial PPE, partially offset by a mid-single-digit organic contraction in detection associated with the ongoing Middle East conflict. Adjusted operating margin was 16.1%, 10 basis points above last year and 60 basis points higher than the second quarter. Margin expansion from a year ago was driven by Atronica. Improvements in the second quarter reflect operating expense leverage.
Now turning to Slide 11. We generated free cash flow of $68 million with strong conversion. lower year-over-year free cash flow primarily reflects costs associated with the Atronica acquisition. Year-to-date, free cash flow is up 14% over last year with conversion of 100% or Free cash flow generation, along with the strong balance sheet position us to continue advancing our Accelerate strategy. We continue to deploy capital in line with our capital allocation priorities, in addition to the Altronica acquisition, we returned $34 million to shareholders through $21 million of dividends and $13 million of share repurchases.
Liquidity was approximately $655 million, and our weighted average interest rate was 4.4% at quarter end. With the acquisition, net debt increased by $534 million sequentially, which includes $50 million of debt repayment in the third quarter post acquisition. Our net leverage at quarter end was 1.7x, below the pro forma estimate of 1.8x we provided at our second quarter earnings call. With net leverage comfortably within our target range we maintain significant balance sheet optionality, providing ample flexibility to pursue our strategic priorities that create long-term shareholder value.
In conjunction with our strong balance sheet, our disciplined capital allocation framework allows us to invest in organic growth initiatives, execute a robust M&A pipeline and consistently return capital to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.
Let's turn to our 2026 outlook on Slide 12. We are maintaining our outlook of low double-digit revenue growth in 2026, supported by our expectations of mid-single-digit organic growth, a mid-single-digit contribution from acquisitions and 1 to 2 points of favorable translation foreign exchange based on September rates. Our outlook assumes fire service and PPE are drivers of organic growth in the fourth quarter.
In Detection, ongoing dynamics related to the Middle East conflict and an exceptionally strong prior year comparison provide a headwind. If you recall, we had shipped numerous large fixed monitoring orders in the fourth quarter a year ago. We continue to expect full year adjusted gross margin to be in the 47.5% to 48.5% range, which excludes acquisition-related amortization. Our full year below-the-line assumptions remain unchanged.
As we look at the balance of the year, we are positioned to deliver on our full year outlook and finish 2026 with strong fourth quarter performance.
With that, I'd like to pass it back to Steve for closing remarks.
Steven Blanco
Thank you, Julie. I'm on Slide 14. In conclusion, the third quarter was another strong example of our team's disciplined strategic execution. Our continued focus on the priorities that underpin Accelerate is driving growth, strengthening our market positions and positioning MSA to deliver meaningful long-term value to our stakeholders. Our results would not be possible without the dedication of the entire MSA team, and I want to personally thank them for another strong quarter and for their unwavering commitment to serving our singular mission of safety. .
With that, I'll turn the call back over to the operator for Q&A.
Operator
Thank you. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] And our first question comes from Quinn Fredrickson from Baird.
分析師問答
Quinn Fredrickson
Steve, could you unpack the improvement in fire service this quarter? How much reflected conversion of last year's delayed grant funded orders versus stronger underlying department purchasing? And does book-to-bill support a typical seasonal uplift in fourth quarter?
Steven Blanco
Yes, sure. Thanks for the question, Quinn. If you look at fire service, we kind of wrapped up the last of the '25 by and large, I would say total for Americas, roughly $3 million. So overall, just under 2 points, maybe 1.7-ish I'm thinking. And for Americas, about 3% of that growth -- if you look at the overall order pace, AFG grants were issued late again this year, late September. The difference is the government didn't shut down immediately thereafter. So we've got activity that we've already seen processing through. The pipeline remains very strong.
And actually, the order pace to your to your last piece of this question was nice was what we hope to see a more normalized with previous years other than last year. So we're going into the fourth quarter with a nice pipeline, backlog that's supporting what we expect to see, and we expect this to be a good quarter.
Quinn Fredrickson
Great. Second, just any early feedback from customers on the G1 City Edition and do you feel like these added features position you better competitively for some of these larger tenders that are upcoming? Steve, you seem to allude to that in your prepared remarks, but if you could just expand on that a little further, that would be helpful. .
Steven Blanco
Certainly. And the answer is resounding, yes, the feedback in the market has been terrific. We've gotten great -- which we expected because this is, by and large, driven by the feedback we received from firefighters. As you know, that's 1 of our key tenets of our R&D process and how we innovate is understanding challenges that the firefighters and all of our customers share -- and this, we believe, hit the mark of things that they've identified as needs they have.
So the feedback has been strong. We think it positions us nicely in a competitive market to be a leader as we expect to be, and we think we'll compete very well going forward. We're optimistic.
Operator
Our next question comes from Tom Ossano from JPMorgan.
Unknown Analyst
Maybe just on fire service. Given fire service organic growth of 9% plus in Americas, how confident are you in the government funding time line through mid-December. And the SCB replacement cycle accelerate ahead of the 2027 to 2029.
Steven Blanco
Thanks for the question, Tomo. I think if I broke this up into 2 parts and you think of AFG funding, it was late to have it released, but the government is open until mid-December. We do expect many departments, and we've seen that and are really trying to process what they have as opportunities for these grants before any risk comes into play in mid-December. That said, they have to come through and finish the order. And we certainly -- though we have a pipeline, we're cognizant of that and expect that to be 1 of the things we'll work with them on.
But typically, you'll see them try to do that. And we've seen that same kind of activity this year that we have seen in most years when the grant comes through. Again, grant late, but I think we're in a strong position to action that and feel really good about what this looks like going forward, assuming we get the orders as we planned. But fourth quarter should be good. Frankly, it's a softer comp because last year wasn't strong because of the challenges we mentioned. But we feel really good about where we're at with the quarter and how we go forward. And if you go past the quarter, the pipeline continues to fill up with more orders that we think start to represent a little bit of an increase in the market dynamic from the first customers in that period of 2014, 2015. So we'll watch that closely, but line of sight so far tells us that, that should continue to play out that way.
Tomohiko Sano
And just 1 follow-up. As you approach your medium-term financial targets in 2028, especially on the revenue side. Should investors expect an opportunity to get an updated view of the targets and the strategy behind them? And then on the margin side, given electronic integration cost and fire service demand volatility, does your target of the 30 to 50 basis points annual margin expansion still hold? Or how's the time line shifted? .
Steven Blanco
I will -- well, the answer to the second 1 is we definitely will continue to commit to at least 30 to 50 basis points. We've said Atronica will be accretive within the first full year of ownership. On the first point, yes, we absolutely plan to and thanks for that question as well. I would say penciling in May, our expectation to do another investor update -- we believe it's time, and we feel really good about some of the things we'd like to share. .
Operator
[Operator Instructions] And our next question comes from Jeff Van Sinderen from B. Riley.
Jeff Van Sinderen
And just I guess a follow-up on the last question. Can you maybe walk us through how you see the margin recovery materializing what needs to happen to get there?
Steven Blanco
I'll let Julie take the first part of this question on maybe parsing out the margin as it is today, and I'll add any commentary there after.
Julie Beck
So Jeff, I think it's important to remember that so far on a year-to-date basis, we've improved our margins by 140 basis points -- when we talked in Q2, we talked about a step down in from Q2 margin because remember, we had some tariff refund that didn't repeat in Q3. And in this quarter, we actually, from an organic basis improved our operating margins another 50 basis points. So we've been really able to manage with strategic pricing with value-added engineering efforts with chain doing a great job managing transportation costs, our MBS systems working. So we were able to improve those margins by 50 basis points in the organic tariff side.
But we did get impacted by 70 basis points of negative margin impact from Altronica. And Altronica will be accretive as we implement those synergies. So no synergies will come into play, particularly going forward into 2027. And so we also had some unfavorable mix in the third quarter as we had higher fire protection and higher industrial PPE and a little bit lower of our high-technology detection margins. And so some favorable mix and continued efforts and value-added engineering and managing our costs and strategic pricing. We definitely, as Steve said, are confident in our 30 to 50 basis point margin -- operating margin increases as well as our 30% to 40% incremental margin targets.
Steven Blanco
Yes. I think we're in a good place relative to expected continued contribution going forward on the margins. Obviously, we knew Atronica would be when we bought it, we knew it would be a challenge initially, but we've got a really good plan in place. I was just over there in September with some of the other leaders, by the way. And that team is outstanding and are well aligned on what needs to happen going forward and on expectations. So I think we're in a good place. we're right on time relative to that acquisition integration.
Operator
Our next question comes from Brian Brophy from Stifel. .
Unknown Analyst
This is Quinton on for Brian. Just a quick question on the M&A pipeline. Can you kind of give an update there and what priorities you have within that? Any color there would be appreciated.
Steven Blanco
So we continue to have a nice pipeline of activity. I would say that there's a few we've looked at and we'll continue to look at. They're probably priced a little higher than we're interested in today. I think we'll see how that changes over time. As Julie said in her prepared remarks, we've got ample liquidity to continue to take actions. -- and we are looking at things across the portfolio. I would say there's more in the portfolio as we've referenced before in detection. But again, we're looking across the portfolio to make sure it adds value for the long term of the business. and can be accretive to our growth profile. So I think we're in a good place there. We're still active.
Unknown Analyst
Perfect. And 1 more, if I can add 1 more. What are kind of your latest thoughts on just the lineup of connected products and kind of what you're expecting there? That would be very helpful.
Steven Blanco
I think our IO 6 has really hit the mark. We're very pleased with the customer acceptance and energy around that. We referenced and we had a nice release related to our largest order ever that we've had on MSAs. And I would expect that's going to continue. What we've seen is this IO6 coupled with the IO4 has really energized that piece of the market. We're up to about 15% of total portable sales. So it's growing. I think it was 10% a year ago and 14% sequentially. So we expect that momentum to continue, and the pipeline continues to be really, really robust there.
So the prospects inside portables are very strong and inside of that connected work to your reference.
Operator
The next question comes from Steve Volkmann from Devis.
Unknown Analyst
I'm sorry, I joined a little bit late, so if this has been covered -- Is this being covered, just let me know. But I'm curious on the fire service side, have you seen any shifts in sort of win rates or pricing or anything with the Scott Safety spinout or the Drager. I think they have some new distribution agreements. Just anything good or bad happening there that we should know about?
Steven Blanco
It's a competitive market, Steve. We expect it to remain competitive. We haven't seen anything that lessens that competitive environment to date. But 1 of the things that we had planned for, and obviously, we just announced with the City Edition. And that timing was obviously very strategic on our part as we get rolling into here, and we think that you're going to start seeing the uptick in the fire service market. But I think the environment is pretty consistent.
I wouldn't say anything's changed dynamically or significantly that worries us or, frankly, concerns where we're at in this market. And with now, I think, the optionality that we've afforded the market with the addition of the City Dish, and I think we're in a really good place to compete.
Unknown Analyst
Okay. Good. Good to hear. And then just on the Atronica dilution, -- sorry if I missed this, but is there a time frame sort of when you think you recapture that?
Steven Blanco
First full year. You'll start seeing that will be accretive.
Operator
This concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Tyler Herzong, for any closing remarks.
Tyler Herzing
Thank you. Good morning -- we appreciate you joining the call this morning and for your continued interest in MSA Safety. If you missed the portion of today's call, an audio replay will be made available later today on our Investor Relations website and will be available for the next 90 days. We look forward to updating you on our continued progress again next quarter.
Operator
Conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.
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