MKS Instruments (MKSI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MKS Instruments in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MKSI shares.
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8 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for MKS Instruments' stock. Their MKSI share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $230.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $114.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price.
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MKS Instruments' stock was trading at $84.73 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MKSI shares have increased by 18.2% and is now trading at $100.16.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.28) by $0.76. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $794 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $769.85 million. MKS Instruments had a net margin of 4.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.77%. MKS Instruments's revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.71 EPS.

MKS Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 30th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, June 9th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 26th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) stock in their portfolio include Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF (GTEK), Defiance Quantum ETF (QTUM), Syntax Stratified MidCap ETF (SMDY), First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR), Pacer US Export Leaders ETF (PEXL), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV), First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FNK) and Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF (SHOC).

MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.92%. The dividend payout ratio is 34.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MKSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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MKS Instruments updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.84-$1.42 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.25. The company issued revenue guidance of $930.00M-$1.03 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.02 billion.

6 employees have rated MKS Instruments Chief Executive Officer John T.C. Lee on Glassdoor.com. John T.C. Lee has an approval rating of 77% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MKS Instruments investors own include Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Lam Research (LRCX), Applied Materials (AMAT), Alibaba Group (BABA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), AbbVie (ABBV), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Broadcom (AVGO).

MKS Instruments trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MKSI."

MKS Instruments' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.21%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.66%), FMR LLC (4.14%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.82%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.55%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.50%). Insiders that own company stock include Carlyle Partners Vi Cayman Hol, David Philip Henry, Elizabeth Mora, Eric Robert Taranto, Gerard G Colella, Jacqueline F Moloney, Peter Cannone III and Seth H Bagshaw.
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One share of MKSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $100.16.

MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) has a market capitalization of $6.69 billion and generates $3.55 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $333 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.58 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,900 workers across the globe.

MKS Instruments' mailing address is 2 TECH DRIVE SUITE 201, ANDOVER MA, 01810. The official website for the company is www.mksinst.com. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at (978) 645-5500, via email at david.ryzhik@mksinst.com, or via fax at 978-557-5100.