MKS Inc. $MKSI Shares Acquired by Andra AP fonden

Andra AP fonden lifted its stake in MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 212.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 14,595 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,928 shares during the quarter. Andra AP fonden’s holdings in MKS were worth $1,806,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of MKS during the second quarter worth $85,391,000. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC increased its stake in MKS by 146.4% during the 2nd 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 buying an additional 542,094 shares during the period. Channing Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in MKS by 79.3% during the 2nd quarter. Channing Capital Management LLC now owns 991,298 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $98,495,000 after buying an additional 438,338 shares in the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC boosted its position in MKS by 63.4% in the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 878,114 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $87,249,000 after buying an additional 340,645 shares during the period. Finally, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP purchased a new stake in MKS during the 3rd quarter worth about $40,023,000. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at MKS

In other news, Director Jacqueline F. Moloney sold 829 shares of MKS stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $247.55, for a total value of $205,218.95. Following the sale, the director owned 10,733 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,656,954.15. The trade was a 7.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Gerald G. Colella sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.97, for a total transaction of $2,539,700.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 40,017 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,163,117.49. This trade represents a 19.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 63,595 shares of company stock valued at $16,183,893. Corporate insiders own 0.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have commented on MKSI. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of MKS from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $310.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. TD Cowen raised their target price on MKS from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on MKS from $210.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Citigroup increased their price target on shares of MKS from $185.00 to $295.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, MKS currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $273.46.

MKS Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MKSI opened at $244.46 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $16.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.93. MKS Inc. has a twelve month low of $54.84 and a twelve month high of $269.91. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $214.24 and a two-hundred day moving average of $162.09. The company has a current ratio of 2.71, a quick ratio of 1.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.53.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.51 by ($0.04). MKS had a return on equity of 20.85% and a net margin of 7.53%.The business had revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.02 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.15 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. MKS has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.720-2.280 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that MKS Inc. will post 6.94 earnings per share for the current year.

MKS Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. This is a boost from MKS’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 23rd. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 22.88%.

MKS 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.