MKS Instruments Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MKS Instruments in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MKS Instruments stock.
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MKS Instruments saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,610,000 shares, an increase of 43.8% from the July 29th total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 420,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 2.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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MKS Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 26th 2021.
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MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 28th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.93 by $0.09. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $749.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $744.84 million. MKS Instruments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.64% and a net margin of 17.67%.
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MKS Instruments' stock was trading at $89.69 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MKSI stock has increased by 67.8% and is now trading at $150.50.
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MKS Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, September 10th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 27th.
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MKS Instruments pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.58%. The dividend payout ratio of MKS Instruments is 11.84%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MKS Instruments will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.27% next year. This indicates that MKS Instruments will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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MKS Instruments issued an update on its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.480-$3.000 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.730. The company issued revenue guidance of $690 million-$750 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $732.49 million.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for MKS Instruments' shares. Their forecasts range from $178.00 to $285.00. On average, they anticipate MKS Instruments' share price to reach $220.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.6% from the stock's current price.
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6 employees have rated MKS Instruments CEO John T.C. Lee on Glassdoor.com. John T.C. Lee has an approval rating of 77% among MKS Instruments' employees.

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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 Vanguard Group Inc. (10.23%), BlackRock Inc. (9.53%), Capital International Investors (6.51%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.99%), Invesco Ltd. (2.80%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.61%). Company insiders that own MKS Instruments stock include David Philip Henry, Elizabeth Mora, Eric Robert Taranto, Gerard G Colella, Jacqueline F Moloney, Kathleen Flaherty Burke and Seth H Bagshaw.
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MKSI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, FMR LLC, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, and Credit Suisse AG. Company insiders that have sold MKS Instruments company stock in the last year include David Philip Henry, Elizabeth Mora, Eric Robert Taranto, and Seth H Bagshaw.
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MKSI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Amundi, Invesco Ltd., State Street Corp, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC.
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Shares of MKSI 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 $150.50.

MKS Instruments has a market capitalization of $8.35 billion and generates $2.33 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $350.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.43 on an earnings per share basis.

MKS Instruments employs 5,800 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of MKS Instruments: Alter Power Systems, Applied Science and Technology, Beijing Newport Spectra-Physics Technologies Co. Ltd., Brooks Automation - Granville-Phillips, Compact Instrument Technology, D.I.P., ESI China Inc., ESI Electronic Equipment (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., ESI International Corporation, ESI Japan K.K., ESI Korea Inc., ESI Vietnam Company Limited, Electro Scientific Industries, Electro Scientific Industries Europe Ltd, Electro Scientific Industries GmbH, Electro Scientific Industries Inc., Electro Scientific Industries Singapore Pte. Ltd., Emerson - ENI, Eolite Systems SAS, EquipNet, High Q Laser GmbH, IPC Fab Automation, Ion Systems Inc, MKS Denmark ApS, MKS German Holding GmbH, MKS Instruments (China) Company Ltd., MKS Instruments (Hong Kong) Limited, MKS Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., MKS Instruments Deutschland GmbH, MKS Instruments ESI Switzerland GmbH, MKS Instruments Holdings Ltd, MKS Instruments Israel Ltd., MKS Instruments Italy S.r.l., MKS Instruments Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., MKS Instruments UK Limited, MKS Japan Inc., MKS Korea Ltd., MKS Spectra Holdings Limited, MKS Taiwan Technology Limited, Micro-Controle Spectra-Physics S.A.S., Newport Corporation, Newport Instruments Canada Corporation, Newport Laser Holding GmbH, Newport Ophir Holdings Ltd., Newport Opto-Electronics Technologies (Korea) LLC, Newport Opto-Electronics Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Newport Opto-Electronics Technologies (Wuxi) Company Limited, Newport Spectra-Physics B.V., Newport Spectra-Physics GmbH, Newport Spectra-Physics Limited, Novx Corp, On-Line Technologies, Ophir Japan Ltd., Ophir Optics S.R.L., Ophir Optronics GmbH, Ophir Optronics Ltd., Ophir Optronics Solutions Ltd., Ophir Spiricon Europe GmbH, Ophir-Spiricon LLC, Plasmart, Precisive, Spectra International, Spectra-Physics K.K., Telvac Engineering, Tenta Technology, Umetrics, V-Gen Ltd., Wenzel Instruments, and Yield Dynamics.

MKS Instruments was founded in 1961.

The official website for MKS Instruments is www.mksinst.com.

MKS Instruments is headquartered at 2 TECH DRIVE SUITE 201, ANDOVER MA, 01810.

MKS Instruments' mailing address is 2 TECH DRIVE SUITE 201, ANDOVER MA, 01810. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at (978) 645-5500 or via email at [email protected]