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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for MKS Instruments' shares. Their MKSI share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $230.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $115.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.2% 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 shares have increased by 2.6% and is now trading at $86.91.
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MKS Instruments saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,070,000 shares, a decrease 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 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) issued its earnings results on Monday, February, 27th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.00 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.69. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $994.01 million. MKS Instruments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.12% and a net margin of 9.39%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 42.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.02 earnings per share.

MKS Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 27th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 24th.
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MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.05%. 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."

MKS Instruments' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Carlyle Group Inc. (12.75%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.77%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.77%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.88%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.59%) and Cooke & Bieler LP (2.50%). 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 $86.91.

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