MKS Inc. $MKSI Shares Purchased by Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC

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

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MKSI. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of MKS during the 2nd quarter worth about $85,391,000. Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. raised its stake in MKS by 843.4% during the second quarter. Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. now owns 690,287 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $68,587,000 after purchasing an additional 617,113 shares during the period. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC raised its stake in MKS by 146.4% during the second quarter. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC now owns 912,380 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $90,654,000 after purchasing an additional 542,094 shares during the period. Channing Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of MKS by 79.3% in the 2nd quarter. Channing Capital Management LLC now owns 991,298 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $98,495,000 after purchasing an additional 438,338 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kodai Capital Management LP grew its stake in shares of MKS by 138.3% during the 1st quarter. Kodai Capital Management LP now owns 708,021 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $56,748,000 after buying an additional 410,865 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at MKS

In other MKS news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total value of $47,643.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 18,963 shares in the company, valued at $3,011,514.03. The trade was a 1.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Jacqueline F. Moloney sold 300 shares of the company’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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 11,562 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,412,182.68. The trade was a 2.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on MKSI. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research report on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen raised MKS from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 20th. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of MKS from $122.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Mizuho raised their price target on shares of MKS from $175.00 to $195.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $171.10.

MKS Price Performance

MKSI stock opened at $159.56 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $10.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.86. MKS Inc. has a 1 year low of $54.84 and a 1 year high of $170.37. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $148.97 and a 200-day simple moving average of $121.09.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.93 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 firm had revenue of $988.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $963.87 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.72 EPS. MKS’s revenue for the quarter 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, equities analysts predict that MKS Inc. will post 6.94 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

MKS Announces Dividend

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

About MKS

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.