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

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) had its target price hoisted by stock analysts at Needham & Company LLC from $170.00 to $210.00 in a report released on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. Needham & Company LLC’s price target suggests a potential upside of 10.35% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on MKSI. Benchmark raised their price objective on MKS from $135.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of MKS from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Citigroup lifted their price objective 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. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $175.00 target price on shares of MKS and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of MKS from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Nine equities 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $180.55.

MKS Stock Performance

Shares of MKSI stock opened at $190.30 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $12.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.19, a PEG ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.92. The company’s 50 day moving average is $160.90 and its 200 day moving average is $131.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 2.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64. MKS has a 52-week low of $54.84 and a 52-week high of $193.39.

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

Insider Activity at MKS

In other 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 transaction of $47,643.00. Following 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of MKS

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. DAVENPORT & Co LLC acquired a new position in shares of MKS during the 2nd quarter worth about $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 buying an additional 6,846 shares in the last quarter. Equitable Trust Co. raised its holdings in shares of MKS by 59.2% during the second 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 during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of MKS by 63.9% during the second 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 last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of MKS by 50.2% in the second 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 in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

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.