Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 2,036 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $325,000.
Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. USA Financial Formulas bought a new stake in shares of MKS during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of MKS by 74.5% during the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares during the period. Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in shares of MKS during the 3rd quarter worth $37,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in MKS in the 3rd quarter valued at about $38,000. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in MKS by 118.9% in the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 348 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $56,000 after acquiring an additional 189 shares during the period. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insider Activity
In other news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $239.44, for a total transaction of $71,832.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 18,663 shares in the company, valued at $4,468,668.72. This represents a 1.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Gerald G. Colella sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $253.97, for a total value of $2,539,700.00. Following the sale, the director owned 40,017 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,163,117.49. This represents a 19.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 75,258 shares of company stock valued at $19,440,224. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
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MKS Trading Down 2.5%
Shares of MKSI opened at $295.70 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $258.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $213.97. MKS Inc. has a twelve month low of $80.22 and a twelve month high of $326.83. The stock has a market cap of $19.97 billion, a PE ratio of 61.86, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94.
MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI – Get Free Report) last announced 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. MKS had a return on equity of 21.49% and a net margin of 8.06%.The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.05 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.71 earnings per share. The company’s 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 analysts forecast that MKS Inc. will post 11.29 EPS for the current fiscal year.
MKS Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 3rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. MKS’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.92%.
MKS 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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