Elizabeth Mora Sells 300 Shares of MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Stock

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.96, for a total transaction of $75,288.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,845 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,729,341.20. This represents a 1.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

MKS Price Performance

MKS stock opened at $249.65 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $16.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.53 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $318.24 and a 200-day simple moving average of $295.73. MKS Inc. has a 12-month low of $98.81 and a 12-month high of $447.62. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.30 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.39. MKS had a return on equity of 24.72% and a net margin of 10.15%.The firm had revenue of $1.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.20 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.77 earnings per share. MKS’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.3% compared to the same quarter last year. MKS has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.270-3.890 EPS. Equities analysts expect that MKS Inc. will post 13.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MKS Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 25th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 25th. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.95%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have weighed in on MKSI. Wall Street Zen raised shares of MKS from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of MKS from $365.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of MKS from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “sell” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on MKS from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $382.86.

Institutional Trading of MKS

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in MKS by 47.5% during the 2nd quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 87 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of MKS by 4.8% in the second quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC now owns 917 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $408,000 after buying an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in shares of MKS by 1.1% during the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 4,274 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $982,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the period. Covestor Ltd boosted its stake in shares of MKS by 14.7% during the fourth quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 390 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $63,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of MKS by 10.4% during the fourth quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 530 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $85,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

MKS Company Profile

MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) designs, manufactures and markets technology solutions that enable advanced processes in a variety of high‐technology and industrial markets. The company’s core offerings include vacuum and gas delivery systems, pressure and flow measurement instruments, optical metrology tools, photonics subsystems and critical components for manufacturing processes. These products support the precise control and monitoring needs of semiconductor, industrial manufacturing, life and health sciences, and research applications.

The company’s product portfolio features mass flow controllers, pressure transducers, vacuum gauges, gas purity monitors, laser-based metrology systems and photonic devices such as lasers and detectors.