MKS Instruments Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MKS Instruments in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 February. As of February 26th, there was short interest totaling 889,400 shares, an increase of 22.0% from the February 11th total of 729,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 467,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days.
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MKS Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 27th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.02 by $0.32. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $660 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $602.94 million. MKS Instruments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.49% and a net margin of 12.78%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 32.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.20 earnings per share.
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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 113.5% and is now trading at $191.46.
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MKS Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, March 5th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 19th.
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MKS Instruments pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.41%. MKS Instruments does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of MKS Instruments is 17.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MKS Instruments will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.49% next year. This indicates that MKS Instruments will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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MKS Instruments updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.96-2.36 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.96. The company issued revenue guidance of $625-675 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $603.56 million.

10 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for MKS Instruments' shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $207.00. On average, they expect MKS Instruments' stock price to reach $180.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.0%.
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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.01%) and Canandaigua National Corp (0.00%). Company insiders that own MKS Instruments stock include Elizabeth Mora, 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 Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold MKS Instruments company stock in the last year include Elizabeth Mora, Gerard G Colella, and Seth H Bagshaw.
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MKSI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Canandaigua National Corp.
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One share of MKSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $191.46.

MKS Instruments has a market capitalization of $10.57 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $140.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.52 on an earnings per share basis.

MKS Instruments employs 5,400 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of MKS Instruments: Alter Power Systems, Beijing Newport Spectra-Physics Technologies Co. Ltd., Brooks Automation - Granville-Phillips, 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., Eolite Systems SAS, High Q Laser GmbH, 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, 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-Physics K.K., 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]