Compare Stocks: IPGP, AEIS, CGNX, and MKSI

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$280.90 +2.4%	$302.75	$150.08 ▼ $397.44	$10.99B	1.31	500,459 shs	370,047 shs
CGNX Cognex	$62.25 +2.4%	$63.94	$34.60 ▼ $72.88	$10.23B	1.49	2.08 million shs	1.25 million shs
IPGP IPG Photonics	$78.00 +2.0%	$90.68	$69.41 ▼ $155.82	$3.25B	0.98	593,455 shs	349,992 shs
MKSI MKS	$260.31 +4.3%	$315.68	$102.14 ▼ $447.62	$16.88B	1.98	1.22 million shs	1.69 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	+2.41%	+2.96%	-14.68%	-4.72%	+93.39%
CGNX Cognex	+2.40%	+2.96%	-11.96%	+2.35%	+41.57%
IPGP IPG Photonics	+2.01%	+1.92%	-14.99%	-27.35%	-3.85%
MKSI MKS	+4.27%	+1.78%	-16.86%	-13.70%	+159.69%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$280.90 +2.4%	$302.75	$150.08 ▼ $397.44	$10.99B	1.31	500,459 shs	370,047 shs
CGNX Cognex	$62.25 +2.4%	$63.94	$34.60 ▼ $72.88	$10.23B	1.49	2.08 million shs	1.25 million shs
IPGP IPG Photonics	$78.00 +2.0%	$90.68	$69.41 ▼ $155.82	$3.25B	0.98	593,455 shs	349,992 shs
MKSI MKS	$260.31 +4.3%	$315.68	$102.14 ▼ $447.62	$16.88B	1.98	1.22 million shs	1.69 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	+2.41%	+2.96%	-14.68%	-4.72%	+93.39%
CGNX Cognex	+2.40%	+2.96%	-11.96%	+2.35%	+41.57%
IPGP IPG Photonics	+2.01%	+1.92%	-14.99%	-27.35%	-3.85%
MKSI MKS	+4.27%	+1.78%	-16.86%	-13.70%	+159.69%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	2.93	Moderate Buy	$409.50	45.78% Upside
CGNX Cognex	2.82	Moderate Buy	$75.64	21.51% Upside
IPGP IPG Photonics	2.50	Moderate Buy	$142.60	82.82% Upside
MKSI MKS	2.81	Moderate Buy	$382.86	47.08% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest IPGP, AEIS, CGNX, and MKSI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/26/2026	AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/25/2026	MKSI MKS	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/25/2026	MKSI MKS	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$360.00 ➝ $330.00
8/11/2026	CGNX Cognex	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/11/2026	MKSI MKS	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/11/2026	IPGP IPG Photonics	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$150.00 ➝ $137.00
8/10/2026	CGNX Cognex	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Neutral	$62.00 ➝ $65.00
8/10/2026	CGNX Cognex	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$65.00
8/10/2026	CGNX Cognex	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$75.00 ➝ $80.00
8/7/2026	CGNX Cognex	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$72.00 ➝ $74.00
8/7/2026	CGNX Cognex	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$91.00

(Data available from 9/5/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$1.80B	6.25	$7.22 per share	38.88	$36.36 per share	7.73
CGNX Cognex	$994.36M	10.53	$1.00 per share	62.20	$9.69 per share	6.42
IPGP IPG Photonics	$1.00B	3.30	$2.73 per share	28.54	$50.01 per share	1.56
MKSI MKS	$3.93B	4.48	$14.02 per share	18.57	$44.19 per share	5.89

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$148.40M	$5.36	52.41	23.12	N/A	10.77%	20.75%	10.39%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
CGNX Cognex	$114.44M	$1.03	60.44	32.25	N/A	16.05%	13.50%	10.02%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
IPGP IPG Photonics	$31.10M	$0.65	120.00	33.62	2.03	2.58%	3.39%	2.98%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
MKSI MKS	$295M	$6.27	41.52	14.99	0.53	10.15%	24.72%	7.80%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest IPGP, AEIS, CGNX, and MKSI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	CGNX Cognex	$0.4238	$0.45	+$0.0262	$0.43	$292.10 million	$291.26 million
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	MKSI MKS	$2.91	$3.30	+$0.39	$2.41	$1.20 billion	$1.25 billion
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	IPGP IPG Photonics	$0.3655	$0.58	+$0.2145	$0.12	$279.98 million	$278.58 million
8/3/2026	Q2 2026	AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$2.21	$2.74	+$0.53	$1.28	$544.42 million	$574.10 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$0.40	0.14%	N/A	7.46%	N/A
CGNX Cognex	$0.34	0.55%	-31.76%	33.01%	10 Years
IPGP IPG Photonics	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MKSI MKS	$1.00	0.38%	+1.92%	15.95%	N/A

Latest IPGP, AEIS, CGNX, and MKSI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/3/2026	AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	quarterly	$0.10	0.15%	8/24/2026	8/24/2026	9/4/2026
8/5/2026	CGNX Cognex	quarterly	$0.0850	0.57%	8/20/2026	8/20/2026	9/3/2026
8/3/2026	MKSI MKS	quarterly	$0.25	0.37%	8/25/2026	8/25/2026	9/3/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	0.78	3.79	2.94
CGNX Cognex	N/A	3.93	3.27
IPGP IPG Photonics	N/A	6.18	4.80
MKSI MKS	0.85	1.14	0.72

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	99.67%
CGNX Cognex	88.12%
IPGP IPG Photonics	93.79%
MKSI MKS	99.79%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	1.30%
CGNX Cognex	1.70%
IPGP IPG Photonics	37.50%
MKSI MKS	0.57%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	13,000	40.05 million	39.53 million	Optionable
CGNX Cognex	2,745	168.22 million	165.36 million	Optionable
IPGP IPG Photonics	4,840	42.53 million	26.58 million	Optionable
MKSI MKS	10,300	67.62 million	67.23 million	Optionable

IPGP, AEIS, CGNX, and MKSI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

AXQ Capital LP Lowers Position in MKS Inc. $MKSI

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MKS Inc. rises as chip-equipment names rebound and investors continue to lean on strong Q2 guidance

September 4 at 5:31 PM | quiverquant.comQ

Why Is MKS (MKSI) Down 14.3% Since Last Earnings Report?

September 4 at 12:37 PM | zacks.com

Elizabeth Mora Sells 300 Shares of MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Stock

September 2 at 1:06 PM | marketbeat.com

MKSI or HOCPY: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?

September 2 at 12:41 PM | zacks.com

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Increases Stake in MKS Inc. $MKSI

September 2 at 5:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Why MKS (MKSI) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term

September 1, 2026 | zacks.com

Spyglass Capital Management LLC Buys Shares of 118,526 MKS Inc. $MKSI

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

September 1, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Senator Investment Group LP Purchases Shares of 65,000 MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Invests $17.06 Million in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Purchases Shares of 29,470 MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Corient Private Wealth LP Invests $15.51 Million in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Issue Forecasts for MKS's Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:MKSI)

August 30, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Legal & General Group Plc Purchases New Stake in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Makes New $23.66 Million Investment in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

4,545 Shares in MKS Inc. $MKSI Bought by Archer Investment Corp

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Comments on MKS's Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:MKSI)

August 29, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Zacks Research Comments on MKS's Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:MKSI)

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Invests $24.98 Million in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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IPGP, AEIS, CGNX, and MKSI Company Descriptions

Advanced Energy Industries NASDAQ:AEIS

$280.90 +6.60 (+2.41%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. provides precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions in the United States and internationally. The company's plasma power products offer solutions to enable innovation for semiconductor and thin film plasma processes, such as dry etch and deposition. It also provides high and low voltage power products used in a range of applications, such as semiconductor equipment, industrial production, medical and life science equipment, data centers computing, networking, and telecommunications. In addition, the company supplies sensing, controls, and instrumentation products for advanced measurement and calibration of power and temperature. Further, the company provides calibration, conversions, upgrades, and refurbishments and used equipment to companies, as well as repair services. Further, it offers warranty and after-market repair services. It offers its products through a direct sales force, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and distributors. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Cognex NASDAQ:CGNX

$62.25 +1.46 (+2.40%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks worldwide. Its machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing and tracking of discrete items, including mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries, and e-commerce packages by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them during the manufacturing or distribution process. The company offers VisionPro software, a suite of patented vision tools for advanced programming; QuickBuild that allows customers to build vision applications with a graphical, flowchart-based programming interface; and Cognex deep learning vision software. It also provides a range of inspection tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, assembly verification, and robotic guidance; vision sensors for vision applications, such as checking the presence and size of parts; and the In-Sight product line of vision systems and sensors. In addition, the company offers DataMan, an image-based barcode readers and barcode verifiers. It sells its products to automotive, logistics, consumer electronics, medical-related, semiconductor, consumer products, food and beverage, and others, as well as through a network of distributors and integrators. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.

IPG Photonics NASDAQ:IPGP

$78.00 +1.54 (+2.01%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

IPG Photonics Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells various high-performance fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and diode lasers used in various applications primarily in materials processing worldwide. Its laser products include hybrid fiber-solid state lasers with green and ultraviolet wavelengths; fiber pigtailed packaged diodes and fiber coupled direct diode laser systems; high-energy pulsed lasers, multi-wavelength and tunable lasers, and single-polarization and single-frequency lasers; and high-power optical fiber delivery cables, fiber couplers, beam switches, chillers, scanners, and other accessories. The company also offers integrated laser systems; LightWELD, a handheld laser welding system; 2D compact flat sheet cutter systems and multi-axis systems for fine welding, cutting, and drilling; welding seam stepper and picker, a fiber laser welding tool; high precision laser systems; specialized fiber laser systems for material processing applications; robotic and multi-axis workstations for welding, cutting and cladding, flatbed cutting systems, and diode markers; and laser and non-laser robotic welding and automation solutions. It serves materials processing, communications, medical procedures, and advanced applications and communications markets. The company markets its products to original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and end users through direct sales force, as well as through agreements with independent sales representatives and distributors. IPG Photonics Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

MKS NASDAQ:MKSI

$260.31 +10.66 (+4.27%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

MKS Instruments, Inc. provides foundational technology solutions to semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications in the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, and internationally. It operates through Vacuum Solutions Division (VSD), Photonics Solutions Division (PSD), and Material Solutions Division (MSD) segments. The VSD segment provides foundational technology solutions, including pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, electronic control technology, reactive gas generation and delivery, power generation and delivery, and vacuum technology. The PSD segment offers range of solutions, which include lasers, beam measurement and profiling, precision motion control, vibration isolation systems, photonics instruments, temperature sensing, opto-mechanical components, optical elements, systems for flexible PCB laser processing, and laser-based systems, as well as high density interconnect PCB and package manufacturing. The MSD segment develops, process, and manufactures technologies comprising advanced surface modification, electroless and electrolytic plating, and surface finishing for chemistry, equipment, software, and services markets, as well as high-technology applications. In addition, the company sells its products and services through direct sales, network of independent distributors, and sales representatives, as well as websites, including product catalogs. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.

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Latest IPGP, AEIS, CGNX, and MKSI Analyst Ratings

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IPGP, AEIS, CGNX, and MKSI Headlines

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