MKS Instruments - MKSI Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MKS Instruments in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MKSI shares.
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9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for MKS Instruments' shares. Their MKSI share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $230.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $123.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.9% from the stock's current price.
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MKS Instruments' stock was trading at $84.73 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MKSI shares have increased by 30.1% and is now trading at $110.24.
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MKS Instruments saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,500,000 shares, a drop of 19.6% from the December 31st total of 3,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 818,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 13th 2023.
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MKS Instruments will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 14th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.02. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $741.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $725.44 million. MKS Instruments had a net margin of 13.31% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.14%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 25.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.93 earnings per share.

MKS Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 28th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, December 9th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.80%. 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 0.81%. 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 19.21% 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 FY 2027 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $13.00- for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.60B-.

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.77%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.58%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.41%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.28%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.15%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%). 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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One share of MKSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.24.

MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) has a market capitalization of $7.33 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.