Corient Private Wealth LLC Cuts Stock Position in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Corient Private Wealth LLC reduced its stake in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 69.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 13,627 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 30,889 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in MKS were worth $1,354,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. DAVENPORT & Co LLC acquired a new stake in shares of MKS in the second quarter valued at about $214,000. Prudential Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of MKS by 13.1% in the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 58,933 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $5,856,000 after acquiring an additional 6,846 shares during the period. Jump Financial LLC acquired a new position in MKS during the 1st quarter worth about $1,257,000. Equitable Trust Co. grew its stake in shares of MKS by 59.2% in the second quarter. Equitable Trust Co. now owns 10,677 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,061,000 after acquiring an additional 3,972 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC boosted 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 worth $95,000 after acquiring an additional 371 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other MKS news, Director Jacqueline F. Moloney sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at $1,412,182.68. This represents a 2.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total value of $47,643.00. Following the sale, 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 disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Mizuho raised their target price on shares of MKS from $175.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. 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. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of MKS from $136.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $151.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a research report on Monday, October 13th. 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $171.10.

MKS Stock Performance

Shares of MKSI opened at $163.19 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $150.69 and a two-hundred day moving average of $122.66. MKS Inc. has a one year low of $54.84 and a one year high of $170.37. The stock has a market cap of $10.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.61, a PEG ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.93. 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 (NASDAQ:MKSI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.93 earnings per share (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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $963.87 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.72 EPS. 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, equities research analysts expect 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 given a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 24th. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 21.36%.

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.