Weekly Research Analysts’ Ratings Changes for MKS (MKSI)

MKS (NASDAQ: MKSI) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 1/28/2026 – MKS was given a new $260.00 price target on by analysts at Mizuho.
• 1/23/2026 – MKS was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/22/2026 – MKS had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 1/22/2026 – MKS had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. They now have a $265.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/22/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $187.00 to $258.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/22/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $175.00 to $210.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/22/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at TD Cowen from $200.00 to $230.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/22/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Corporation from $215.00 to $255.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/22/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Needham & Company LLC from $210.00 to $260.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/20/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald from $200.00 to $300.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/16/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at KeyCorp from $180.00 to $250.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/15/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $150.00 to $175.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/13/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Needham & Company LLC from $170.00 to $210.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/13/2026 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Corporation from $200.00 to $215.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/9/2026 – MKS was given a new $215.00 price target on by analysts at Mizuho.
• 1/3/2026 – MKS was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 12/17/2025 – MKS had its price target raised by analysts at Mizuho from $175.00 to $195.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 12/16/2025 – MKS had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock.

MKS Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 24th were given a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 24th. MKS’s payout ratio is 21.36%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total value of $47,643.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 18,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,011,514.03. This represents a 1.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.