MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Receives “Overweight” Rating from Cantor Fitzgerald

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald in a research note issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $600.00 target price on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 101.71% from the company’s current price.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $360.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research note on Friday. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of MKS from $374.00 to $442.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 6th. KeyCorp upped their price objective on shares of MKS from $360.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, June 29th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on MKS from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on MKS from $305.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. One 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, MKS presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $383.57.

MKS Price Performance

MKS stock opened at $297.45 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.23, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.98. The business has a 50-day moving average of $349.60 and a 200-day moving average of $285.88. MKS has a 1 year low of $88.49 and a 1 year high of $447.62.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.30. MKS had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 21.49%. The business had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.71 EPS. MKS’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that MKS will post 11.81 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Kathleen Flaherty Burke sold 4,355 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $319.94, for a total transaction of $1,393,338.70. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 49,439 shares in the company, valued at $15,817,513.66. This trade represents a 8.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Gerald G. Colella sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $333.40, for a total transaction of $6,668,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 20,017 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,673,667.80. The trade was a 49.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 53,949 shares of company stock valued at $17,446,108. 0.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of MKS

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in MKS by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,254,049 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $200,438,000 after purchasing an additional 5,551 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in MKS by 44.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 982,643 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $97,635,000 after buying an additional 301,223 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in MKS in the 4th quarter valued at $147,453,000. Rafferty Asset Management LLC lifted its position in MKS by 63.4% during the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 878,114 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $87,249,000 after buying an additional 340,645 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of MKS by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 870,654 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $139,131,000 after buying an additional 24,349 shares during the last quarter. 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.