California State Teachers Retirement System Acquires 352 Shares of MKS Inc. $MKSI

California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its position in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI - Free Report) by 0.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 78,086 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after buying an additional 352 shares during the quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System owned approximately 0.12% of MKS worth $34,732,653 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wedmont Private Capital increased its stake in shares of MKS by 6.2% during the 2nd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 4,098 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $1,823,000 after purchasing an additional 239 shares in the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of MKS by 35.3% during the second quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,752 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $1,224,000 after acquiring an additional 718 shares in the last quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of MKS by 4.8% during the second quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC now owns 917 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $408,000 after buying an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. AlphaGrep UK Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of MKS in the 2nd quarter valued at $383,000. Finally, Oakmont Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in MKS during the 2nd quarter worth about $222,000. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

MKS Trading Down 4.2%

NASDAQ MKSI traded down $9.95 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $229.32. 727,776 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,382,966. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.14 and a quick ratio of 0.72. The stock has a market cap of $15.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.56, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 1.98. MKS Inc. has a one year low of $115.74 and a one year high of $447.62. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $299.49 and a 200-day simple moving average of $295.98.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.30 EPS 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 analyst estimates of $1.20 billion. MKS had a return on equity of 24.72% and a net margin of 10.15%.The firm's revenue was up 28.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.77 earnings per share. MKS has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.270-3.890 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that MKS Inc. will post 13.07 EPS for the current year.

MKS Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 25th were given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 25th. MKS's dividend payout ratio is currently 15.95%.

Insider Transactions at MKS

In other news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of MKS stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director directly owned 18,845 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,729,341.20. The trade was a 1.57% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP John Williams sold 457 shares of the firm'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 value of $131,757.67. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 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 10,757 shares of company stock valued at $3,227,146 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on MKSI. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of MKS from $425.00 to $430.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on MKS from $300.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $360.00 price objective on MKS in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of MKS from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised MKS from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, MKS presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $382.86.

MKS Profile

MKS Instruments, Inc NASDAQ: MKSI provides instruments, systems and process-control solutions used by manufacturers and research organizations. Its technologies help measure and control pressure, flow, vacuum, gas composition, temperature and other conditions involved in advanced manufacturing and laboratory processes.

The company offers vacuum components and systems, gas and vapor delivery equipment, pressure and flow controllers, process-monitoring instruments, analytical solutions, RF and microwave power systems, plasma-generation technologies, and materials-processing equipment.

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