Insider Selling: MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Director Sells 300 Shares

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.96, for a total value of $75,288.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 18,845 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,729,341.20. This trade represents a 1.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

MKS Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:MKSI traded up $6.47 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $252.91. 521,576 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,386,971. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $324.06 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $295.80. MKS Inc. has a 1 year low of $98.59 and a 1 year high of $447.62. The company has a market cap of $17.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.34, a PEG ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 1.14.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.91 by $0.39. The company had revenue of $1.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.20 billion. MKS had a net margin of 10.15% and a return on equity of 24.72%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.77 earnings per share. MKS has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.270-3.890 EPS. Equities analysts predict that MKS Inc. will post 13.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MKS Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 25th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 25th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 15.95%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MKSI. Allianz Asset Management GmbH purchased a new position in MKS in the second quarter worth approximately $15,555,000. Corient Private Wealth LP lifted its stake in shares of MKS by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 36,160 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $16,084,000 after purchasing an additional 302 shares during the last quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al purchased a new position in shares of MKS during the 2nd quarter worth $10,186,000. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its holdings in MKS by 44,581.4% in the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 34,732,653 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $15,449,084,000 after buying an additional 34,654,919 shares during the period. Finally, Wedmont Private Capital lifted its position in MKS by 6.2% in the second quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 4,098 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,823,000 after buying an additional 239 shares during the last quarter. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on MKSI shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of MKS from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. KeyCorp increased their price objective on shares of MKS from $360.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of MKS from $365.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $360.00 price target on MKS in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of MKS in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $382.86.

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.