Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC Raises Position in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC lifted its position in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 35.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 17,968 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,670 shares during the quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC’s holdings in MKS were worth $1,785,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Squarepoint Ops LLC acquired a new position in MKS during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $956,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new stake in shares of MKS in the second quarter valued at approximately $295,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in MKS by 65.1% during the second quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 652 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $65,000 after acquiring an additional 257 shares during the period. Evergreen Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in MKS in the second quarter worth $224,000. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC raised its position in MKS by 12.7% in the second quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 23,986 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $2,383,000 after acquiring an additional 2,708 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Zacks Research lowered shares of MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 26th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a report on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Benchmark lifted their price target on shares of MKS from $135.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $175.00 price target on MKS and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $171.10.

MKS Stock Up 1.6%

MKSI stock opened at $159.56 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a current ratio of 2.86 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $148.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $121.09. MKS Inc. has a 12 month low of $54.84 and a 12 month high of $170.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.72 billion, a PE ratio of 38.73, a P/E/G ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.93.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.80 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $988.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $963.87 million. MKS had a return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 7.25%.MKS’s revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.72 EPS. MKS has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.930-2.610 EPS. Equities analysts expect that MKS Inc. will post 6.94 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

MKS Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 5th. Investors of record on Monday, November 24th were paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 24th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.36%.

Insider Transactions at MKS

In other MKS news, Director Jacqueline F. Moloney sold 300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.14, for a total transaction of $36,642.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 11,562 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,412,182.68. This trade represents a 2.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of MKS stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total transaction of $47,643.00. Following the sale, the director owned 18,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,011,514.03. This trade represents a 1.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Company insiders own 0.57% 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.