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 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 Wall Street research analysts 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 expect the company's share price to reach $115.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.6% from the stock's current price.
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MKS Instruments' stock was trading at $84.73 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MKSI shares have increased by 4.6% and is now trading at $88.62.
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MKS Instruments saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,070,000 shares, a drop of 27.1% from the February 28th total of 2,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 700,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 27th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.69. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $994.01 million. MKS Instruments had a net margin of 9.39% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.12%. MKS Instruments's revenue was up 42.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.02 earnings per share.

MKS Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 7th. Investors of record on Monday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 24th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) stock in their portfolio include OneAscent Large Cap Core ETF (OALC), Defiance Quantum ETF (QTUM), Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF (GTEK), Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSMD), Syntax Stratified MidCap ETF (SMDY), Pacer US Export Leaders ETF (PEXL), First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR) and Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV).

MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.06%. The dividend payout ratio is 15.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MKSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.25% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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."

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One share of MKSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.62.

MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) has a market capitalization of $5.91 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 $5.79 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.