Brokerages Set MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) Price Target at $380.00

Shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) have received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the sixteen analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have issued a hold recommendation, eleven have assigned a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $380.00.

A number of research analysts recently commented on MKSI shares. Mizuho boosted their price target on MKS from $400.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of MKS from $380.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. BMO Capital Markets assumed coverage on shares of MKS in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $453.00 target price on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $380.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald raised their target price on shares of MKS from $400.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, June 29th.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Ramakumar Mayampurath sold 8,810 shares of MKS stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total value of $2,779,378.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 1 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $315.48. The trade was a 99.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 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 value of $1,393,338.70. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 49,439 shares in the company, valued at $15,817,513.66. This represents a 8.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 53,949 shares of company stock valued at $17,446,108. 0.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of MKS

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in MKS by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,254,049 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $200,438,000 after purchasing an additional 5,551 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew 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 worth $97,635,000 after buying an additional 301,223 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of MKS in the 4th quarter worth $147,453,000. Rafferty Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of MKS by 63.4% in the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 878,114 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $87,249,000 after buying an additional 340,645 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of MKS by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 870,654 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $139,131,000 after buying an additional 24,349 shares during the last quarter. 99.79% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

MKS Stock Performance

Shares of MKS stock opened at $324.69 on Monday. MKS has a fifty-two week low of $88.49 and a fifty-two week high of $447.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 1.11. The company has a market capitalization of $21.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.93, a P/E/G ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.93. The company has a fifty day moving average of $348.85 and a 200 day moving average of $276.06.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.30. The business 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.71 earnings per share. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that MKS will post 11.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

MKS Announces Dividend

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

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.