MKS Inc. $MKSI Stock Position Lifted by Tidal Investments LLC

Tidal Investments LLC grew its position in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 42.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 44,846 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 13,299 shares during the period. Tidal Investments LLC owned about 0.07% of MKS worth $19,948,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in MKSI. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its position in shares of MKS by 44,581.4% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 34,732,653 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $15,449,084,000 after acquiring an additional 34,654,919 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in MKS during the fourth quarter worth $147,453,000. Southpoint Capital Advisors LP acquired a new position in MKS in the fourth quarter worth $95,880,000. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in MKS in the second quarter worth $231,673,000. Finally, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP boosted its holdings in MKS by 159.7% in the fourth quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP now owns 839,773 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $134,196,000 after purchasing an additional 516,409 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on MKSI. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of MKS from $380.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of MKS from $425.00 to $430.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on shares of MKS in a research report on Tuesday, June 30th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $453.00 price objective for the company. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $600.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, KeyCorp raised their target price on shares of MKS from $360.00 to $475.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $382.86.

MKS Stock Down 2.3%

MKS stock opened at $261.84 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 1.14. MKS Inc. has a one year low of $110.60 and a one year high of $447.62. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $304.03 and a 200-day simple moving average of $295.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.76, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.98.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.39. The firm had revenue of $1.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.20 billion. MKS had a net margin of 10.15% and a return on equity of 24.72%. MKS’s quarterly revenue was up 28.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.77 EPS. MKS has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.270-3.890 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that MKS Inc. will post 13.07 earnings per share for the current year.

MKS Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 25th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 25th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. MKS’s payout ratio is currently 15.95%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $250.96, for a total value of $75,288.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 18,845 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,729,341.20. This represents a 1.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO John Tseng-Chung Lee sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $302.01, for a total value of $3,020,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,776 shares in the company, valued at $40,703,699.76. This trade represents a 6.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 10,757 shares of company stock valued at $3,227,146 in the last three months. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About MKS

MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) provides instruments, systems and process-control solutions used by manufacturers and research organizations. Its technologies help measure and control pressure, flow, vacuum, gas composition, temperature and other conditions involved in advanced manufacturing and laboratory processes.

The company offers vacuum components and systems, gas and vapor delivery equipment, pressure and flow controllers, process-monitoring instruments, analytical solutions, RF and microwave power systems, plasma-generation technologies, and materials-processing equipment.