Brokers Set Expectations for MKS's Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:MKSI)

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q4 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of MKS in a research report issued on Wednesday, August 26th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the scientific and technical instruments company will earn $3.56 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $3.42. The consensus estimate for MKS's current full-year earnings is $12.96 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for MKS's Q1 2027 earnings at $3.73 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $4.09 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $4.06 EPS, Q1 2028 earnings at $5.09 EPS and Q2 2028 earnings at $4.83 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on MKSI. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of MKS from $425.00 to $430.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of MKS from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of MKS from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of MKS from $365.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, KeyCorp raised their target price on shares of MKS from $360.00 to $475.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, June 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $382.86.

MKS Stock Up 0.5%

MKSI opened at $271.75 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. The firm has a market cap of $18.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.34, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 1.98. MKS has a 52 week low of $97.50 and a 52 week high of $447.62. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $335.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $295.63.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.39. MKS had a return on equity of 24.72% and a net margin of 10.15%.The company had revenue of $1.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.20 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.77 earnings per share. MKS's revenue was up 28.3% compared to the same quarter last year. MKS has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.270-3.890 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MKS

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Keating Financial Advisory Services Inc. purchased a new position in shares of MKS in the second quarter valued at $25,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its stake in MKS by 560.0% during the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc increased its stake in MKS by 616.7% during the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 172 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 148 shares during the period. Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in MKS in the 2nd quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Clearstead Trust LLC acquired a new position in MKS in the 2nd quarter worth $36,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other MKS news, EVP John Edward Williams sold 457 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $288.31, for a total transaction of $131,757.67. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 4,098 shares in the company, valued at $1,181,494.38. The trade was a 10.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO John Tseng-Chung Lee sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $302.01, for a total transaction of $3,020,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,776 shares of the company's stock, valued at $40,703,699.76. The trade was a 6.91% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 12,891 shares of company stock worth $3,919,127 over the last ninety days. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

MKS Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 25th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 25th. MKS's payout ratio is 15.95%.

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.

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