Harber Asset Management LLC Has $8.40 Million Position in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Harber Asset Management LLC lowered its stake in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 23.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 52,539 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 15,750 shares during the period. MKS comprises about 3.5% of Harber Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest holding. Harber Asset Management LLC’s holdings in MKS were worth $8,396,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of MKS by 4.0% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,752,097 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $959,477,000 after buying an additional 295,480 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of MKS by 30.8% in the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,265,365 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $156,602,000 after purchasing an additional 297,850 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of MKS by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,254,049 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $200,438,000 after purchasing an additional 5,551 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of MKS by 44.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 982,643 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $97,635,000 after purchasing an additional 301,223 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of MKS in the 4th quarter valued at $147,453,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at MKS

In other news, CFO Ramakumar Mayampurath sold 8,810 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total transaction of $2,779,378.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 1 shares in the company, valued at approximately $315.48. The trade was a 99.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Kathleen Flaherty Burke sold 4,355 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $319.94, for a total transaction of $1,393,338.70. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 49,439 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,817,513.66. The trade was a 8.10% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 53,949 shares of company stock worth $17,446,108. Insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

MKS Stock Up 3.0%

MKS stock opened at $355.69 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $24.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 74.41, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 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 fifty-two week low of $88.49 and a fifty-two week high of $359.35. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $295.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $237.08.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last released 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. The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion during 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%. The business’s revenue was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.71 EPS. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that MKS Inc. will post 11.73 earnings per share for the current year.

MKS Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on MKSI shares. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Mizuho set a $400.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $380.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a research note on Friday, May 8th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on shares of MKS from $310.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of MKS from $305.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.92.

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.