MKS Instruments (MKSI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MKSI shares.
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8 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for MKS Instruments' shares. Their MKSI share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $115.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $104.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.6% from the stock's current price.
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MKS Instruments' stock was trading at $84.73 at the start of the year. Since then, MKSI stock has increased by 0.2% and is now trading at $84.88.
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MKS Instruments saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,880,000 shares, an increase of 19.7% from the August 15th total of 1,570,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 576,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.21. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $1 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $983.48 million. MKS Instruments had a negative net margin of 45.65% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.78%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 31.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.59 earnings per share.

MKS Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, September 8th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 25th.
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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), T. Rowe Price Small-Mid Cap ETF (TMSL), UVA Dividend Value ETF (UVDV), iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX), Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF (SHOC), Syntax Stratified MidCap ETF (SMDY) and Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF (IVOV).

MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.01%.
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MKS Instruments issued an update on its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.69-$1.27 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $880.00 million-$980.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $919.61 million.

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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Capital International Investors (10.38%), BlackRock Inc. (8.55%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (6.11%), Carlyle Group Inc. (5.22%), State Street Corp (2.44%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.09%). 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, Kathleen Flaherty Burke, Peter Cannone III and Seth H Bagshaw.
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Shares of MKSI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MKSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.88.

MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) has a market capitalization of $5.68 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 ($26.21) 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.