MKS Instruments (MKSI) Competitors

Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) and MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ENTG or MKSI?

99.8% of MKS Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Entegris shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of MKS Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ENTG or MKSI?

Entegris presently has a consensus target price of $113.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.99%. MKS Instruments has a consensus target price of $134.92, suggesting a potential upside of 44.03%. Given MKS Instruments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MKS Instruments is more favorable than Entegris.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Entegris	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
MKS Instruments	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ENTG or MKSI?

MKS Instruments received 46 more outperform votes than Entegris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.80% of users gave MKS Instruments an outperform vote while only 64.03% of users gave Entegris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Entegris	Outperform Votes 509 64.03%	Underperform Votes 286 35.97%
MKS Instruments	Outperform Votes 555 71.80%	Underperform Votes 218 28.20%

Which has more risk & volatility, ENTG or MKSI?

Entegris has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MKS Instruments has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ENTG or MKSI a better dividend stock?

Entegris pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. MKS Instruments pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Entegris pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MKS Instruments pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ENTG or MKSI?

Entegris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MKS Instruments. MKS Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entegris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Entegris	$3.24B	3.66	$292.79M	$2.04	38.47
MKS Instruments	$3.65B	1.73	$190M	$3.35	27.96

Does the media refer more to ENTG or MKSI?

In the previous week, Entegris had 5 more articles in the media than MKS Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Entegris and 8 mentions for MKS Instruments. Entegris' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat MKS Instruments' score of 0.79 indicating that Entegris is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Entegris	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MKS Instruments	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ENTG or MKSI more profitable?

Entegris has a net margin of 9.03% compared to MKS Instruments' net margin of 5.30%. MKS Instruments' return on equity of 18.94% beat Entegris' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Entegris	9.03%	12.83%	5.43%
MKS Instruments	5.30%	18.94%	5.02%

Summary

MKS Instruments beats Entegris on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.