MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI – Get Free Report) Director Gerald Colella sold 20,000 shares of MKS stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $333.40, for a total transaction of $6,668,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 20,017 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,673,667.80. This trade represents a 49.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
MKS Trading Down 1.0%
Shares of NASDAQ:MKSI traded down $3.32 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $324.69. 768,216 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,380,595. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 68.02, a PEG ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.98. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $272.77 and its 200-day moving average price is $222.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 1.11. MKS Inc. has a twelve month low of $80.22 and a twelve month high of $339.00.
MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.30. The company had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. MKS had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 21.49%. MKS’s revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.71 earnings per share. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that MKS Inc. will post 11.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.
MKS Announces Dividend
Analyst Ratings Changes
MKSI has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of MKS from $354.00 to $374.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Mizuho set a $400.00 target price on shares of MKS in a report on Wednesday. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of MKS from $290.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of MKS from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, MKS presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.92.
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Hedge Funds Weigh In On MKS
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. USA Financial Formulas acquired a new stake in shares of MKS in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of MKS by 560.0% in the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc grew its stake in shares of MKS by 616.7% in the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 172 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 148 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of MKS by 74.5% in the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 111 shares during the period. Finally, Danske Bank A S acquired a new stake in shares of MKS in the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,000. Institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.
MKS Company Profile
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) designs, manufactures and markets technology solutions that enable advanced processes in a variety of high‐technology and industrial markets. The company’s core offerings include vacuum and gas delivery systems, pressure and flow measurement instruments, optical metrology tools, photonics subsystems and critical components for manufacturing processes. These products support the precise control and monitoring needs of semiconductor, industrial manufacturing, life and health sciences, and research applications.
The company’s product portfolio features mass flow controllers, pressure transducers, vacuum gauges, gas purity monitors, laser-based metrology systems and photonic devices such as lasers and detectors.
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