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 twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 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 twelve-month target prices for MKS Instruments' stock. Their MKSI share price forecasts range from $85.00 to $230.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $128.18 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.9% from the stock's current price.
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MKS Instruments' stock was trading at $174.17 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MKSI shares have decreased by 51.9% and is now trading at $83.86.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 25th 2023.
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MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.79 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.02. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $741.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $725.44 million. MKS Instruments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 13.31%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 25.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.93 EPS.

MKS Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 25th. Investors of record on Monday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, December 9th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 25th.
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MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.06%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 11.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MKSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.72% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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MKS Instruments issued an update on its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.07-$1.61 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.26. The company issued revenue guidance of $950.00M-$1.05 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.13 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.22%), BlackRock Inc. (8.12%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (6.14%), Carlyle Group Inc. (5.10%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.59%) and State Street Corp (2.30%). Insiders that own company stock include 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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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 $83.86.

MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) has a market capitalization of $5.58 billion and generates $2.95 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $551.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,400 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.