Dynasty Wealth Management LLC Purchases New Shares in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Dynasty Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,699 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $334,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. DAVENPORT & Co LLC bought a new stake in shares of MKS in the second quarter valued at approximately $214,000. Prudential Financial Inc. increased its stake in MKS by 13.1% during the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 58,933 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $5,856,000 after acquiring an additional 6,846 shares during the period. Equitable Trust Co. raised its holdings in MKS by 59.2% in the 2nd quarter. Equitable Trust Co. now owns 10,677 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,061,000 after acquiring an additional 3,972 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of MKS by 63.9% during the 2nd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 952 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $95,000 after acquiring an additional 371 shares during the period. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of MKS by 50.2% during the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 8,897 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $884,000 after acquiring an additional 2,974 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at MKS

In other news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 18,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,011,514.03. The trade was a 1.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

MKS Stock Up 4.8%

NASDAQ:MKSI opened at $220.73 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a current ratio of 2.86 and a quick ratio of 1.81. MKS Inc. has a one year low of $54.84 and a one year high of $221.07. The company has a market cap of $14.83 billion, a PE ratio of 53.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.92. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $166.29 and its 200 day simple moving average is $134.80.

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

MKS Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 5th. Investors of record on Monday, November 24th were issued a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 24th. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 21.36%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MKSI has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on MKS from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of MKS from $180.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of MKS from $122.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 3rd. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, MKS presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $198.27.

MKS 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.