Wells Fargo & Company Increases MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Price Target to $175.00

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) had its price objective upped by Wells Fargo & Company from $150.00 to $175.00 in a research report issued on Thursday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has an “equal weight” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. Wells Fargo & Company‘s target price points to a potential downside of 14.21% from the stock’s current price.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on MKSI. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $175.00 price target on shares of MKS and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Bank of America upped their target price on MKS from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. KeyCorp boosted their price target on MKS from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Citigroup increased their price objective on MKS from $122.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on shares of MKS from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, MKS has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $189.18.

MKS Price Performance

Shares of MKSI opened at $203.99 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.70 billion, a PE ratio of 49.51, a P/E/G ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.92. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $162.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $132.33. MKS has a 52-week low of $54.84 and a 52-week high of $211.08.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last announced 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. MKS had a net margin of 7.25% and a return on equity of 20.80%. The firm had revenue of $988.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $963.87 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.72 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. MKS has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.930-2.610 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that MKS will post 6.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total transaction of $47,643.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 18,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,011,514.03. The trade was a 1.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On MKS

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of MKSI. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB lifted its holdings in MKS by 6.9% in the fourth quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 898 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $144,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in MKS by 2.4% in the third quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,462 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $428,000 after buying an additional 82 shares during the period. MAI Capital Management boosted its holdings in shares of MKS by 10.6% during the 3rd quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 1,057 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $131,000 after buying an additional 101 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of MKS by 74.5% in the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 111 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its position in shares of MKS by 26.6% during the 3rd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 533 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $66,000 after acquiring an additional 112 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

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.