MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Price Target Raised to $210.00 at Needham & Company LLC

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) had its target price hoisted by Needham & Company LLC from $170.00 to $210.00 in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a buy rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen cut MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, January 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $175.00 target price on MKS and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of MKS from $92.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Finally, Benchmark upped their price objective on shares of MKS from $135.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Nine equities research 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $180.55.

MKS Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MKSI opened at $193.28 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $12.98 billion, a PE ratio of 46.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.86. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $159.89 and its 200 day moving average price is $130.68. MKS has a 1 year low of $54.84 and a 1 year high of $193.39.

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

MKS Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 24th were issued a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 24th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.36%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total transaction of $47,643.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 18,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,011,514.03. This represents a 1.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.51% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MKS

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MKSI. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its holdings in MKS by 6.9% in the 4th quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 898 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $144,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of MKS by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,462 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $428,000 after acquiring an additional 82 shares during the period. MAI Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of MKS by 10.6% in the third quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 1,057 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $131,000 after purchasing an additional 101 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its stake in MKS by 74.5% during the third quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares during the period. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC raised its stake in MKS by 26.6% during the third quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 533 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $66,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares during the period. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.