MKS Inc. $MKSI Shares Bought by Concentric Capital Strategies LP

Concentric Capital Strategies LP boosted its stake in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 36.9% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 102,590 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,677 shares during the quarter. MKS comprises approximately 0.8% of Concentric Capital Strategies LP’s holdings, making the stock its 24th biggest position. Concentric Capital Strategies LP’s holdings in MKS were worth $16,394,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of MKSI. USA Financial Formulas acquired a new position in shares of MKS in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its holdings in MKS by 560.0% during the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc raised its position in MKS by 616.7% during the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in MKS in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Finally, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC boosted its position in MKS by 55.2% in the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 256 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of MKS from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of MKS from $290.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on MKS from $305.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $324.92.

MKS Trading Up 1.4%

MKSI opened at $371.26 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 0.70. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $303.72 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $242.34. MKS Inc. has a 1-year low of $88.49 and a 1-year high of $386.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 77.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 1.99.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.30. MKS had a return on equity of 21.49% and a net margin of 8.06%.The business had revenue of $1.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.71 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. Analysts expect 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. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 3rd were issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 3rd. MKS’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.92%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other MKS news, Director Gerald G. Colella sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $333.40, for a total value of $6,668,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 20,017 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,673,667.80. This trade represents a 49.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO John Tseng-Chung Lee sold 10,000 shares of MKS stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total value of $3,154,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 144,696 shares in the company, valued at approximately $45,648,694.08. This represents a 6.46% decrease in their position. 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 53,949 shares of company stock worth $17,446,108 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.57% 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.