NFJ Investment Group LLC Reduces Position in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Posted by Geri Gentry on Jun 14th, 2026

NFJ Investment Group LLC decreased its position in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI – Free Report) by 15.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 85,590 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 16,129 shares during the quarter. NFJ Investment Group LLC’s holdings in MKS were worth $13,677,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. USA Financial Formulas purchased a new position in shares of MKS during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of MKS by 560.0% during 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 in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its stake in shares of MKS by 616.7% during 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 in the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of MKS during the 4th quarter valued at $41,000. Finally, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of MKS by 55.2% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 256 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 91 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on MKSI. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of MKS in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “sell” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on shares of MKS from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on shares of MKS from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $380.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, MKS has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $324.92.

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Insider Transactions at MKS

In other news, Director Joseph B. Donahue sold 2,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $327.95, for a total value of $688,695.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 10,033 shares in the company, valued at $3,290,322.35. The trade was a 17.31% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP David Philip Henry sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.50, for a total transaction of $826,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 16,341 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,400,700.50. This trade represents a 13.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 53,949 shares of company stock worth $17,446,108. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

MKS Stock Performance

MKS stock opened at $355.69 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $295.59 and its 200-day moving average price is $237.08. MKS Inc. has a twelve month low of $88.49 and a twelve month high of $359.35. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. The company has a market cap of $24.02 billion, a PE ratio of 74.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.99.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.30. MKS had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 21.49%. The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.71 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that MKS Inc. will post 11.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MKS Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 3rd were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 3rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. MKS’s payout ratio is 20.92%.

MKS Company Profile

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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.