Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. Makes New Investment in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 5,971 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $954,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of MKSI. USA Financial Formulas acquired a new stake in shares of MKS during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its position in shares of MKS by 560.0% during the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in shares of MKS by 616.7% during the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 172 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of MKS by 74.5% during 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 during the period. Finally, Danske Bank A S acquired a new stake in shares of MKS during the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,000. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Citigroup raised their target price on MKS from $290.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Mizuho set a $400.00 target price on MKS in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $380.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research report on Friday, May 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “sell” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on MKS from $305.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, two have issued 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 a consensus price target of $324.92.

Insider Buying and Selling at MKS

In other news, CFO Ramakumar Mayampurath sold 8,810 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total transaction of $2,779,378.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1 shares in the company, valued at $315.48. The trade was a 99.99% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Kathleen Flaherty Burke sold 4,355 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $319.94, for a total value of $1,393,338.70. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 49,439 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,817,513.66. This represents a 8.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 53,949 shares of company stock worth $17,446,108. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

MKS Stock Performance

Shares of MKS stock opened at $355.69 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.02 billion, a PE ratio of 74.41, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.99. MKS Inc. has a twelve month low of $88.49 and a twelve month high of $359.35. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $295.59 and its 200 day moving average price is $237.70. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. MKS had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 21.49%. MKS’s quarterly revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.71 EPS. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that MKS Inc. will post 11.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MKS Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 3rd. MKS’s payout ratio is currently 20.92%.

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.