MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI – Get Free Report) CAO Michelle Mccarthy sold 2,434 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $315.23, for a total value of $767,269.82. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 2 shares in the company, valued at $630.46. The trade was a 99.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
MKS Price Performance
NASDAQ MKSI opened at $320.96 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $288.77 and its 200-day moving average price is $233.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 67.15, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 0.70. MKS Inc. has a 1-year low of $88.49 and a 1-year high of $341.81.
MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.05 billion. MKS had a return on equity of 21.49% and a net margin of 8.06%.The company’s revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.71 EPS. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that MKS Inc. will post 11.73 earnings per share for the current year.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On MKS
A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its stake in MKS by 10.2% in the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,058 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $243,000 after buying an additional 98 shares in the last quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC purchased a new stake in MKS in the 1st quarter worth $9,062,000. Front Row Advisors LLC increased its stake in MKS by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Front Row Advisors LLC now owns 8,105 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,863,000 after buying an additional 195 shares in the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in MKS in the 1st quarter worth $92,000. Finally, Anson Funds Management LP purchased a new stake in MKS in the 1st quarter worth $3,792,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of brokerages recently commented on MKSI. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on MKS from $354.00 to $374.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Mizuho set a $400.00 target price on MKS in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald raised their target price on MKS from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on MKS from $305.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, MKS currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $324.92.
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About MKS
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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