Mirabella Financial Services LLP Acquires New Position in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Mirabella Financial Services LLP bought a new position in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,775 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $343,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of MKSI. Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in shares of MKS by 34.2% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 471 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $58,000 after buying an additional 120 shares in the last quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of MKS during the 3rd quarter worth $385,000. Danske Bank A S acquired a new stake in MKS in the third quarter valued at about $37,000. Hancock Whitney Corp bought a new position in MKS in the third quarter valued at about $658,000. Finally, Woodline Partners LP grew its position in MKS by 15.9% in the third quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 4,713 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $583,000 after acquiring an additional 646 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MKSI has been the subject of a number of research reports. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of MKS from $185.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of MKS from $135.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on shares of MKS from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on MKS from $260.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, MKS presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $273.46.

MKS Price Performance

MKS stock opened at $236.85 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $230.61 and its 200 day moving average is $173.23. MKS Inc. has a one year low of $54.84 and a one year high of $269.91. The firm has a market cap of $15.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.20, a P/E/G ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.53, a current ratio of 2.71 and a quick ratio of 1.71.

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

MKS Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 23rd were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. This is an increase from MKS’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 23rd. MKS’s payout ratio is currently 22.88%.

Insider Activity

In other MKS news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of MKS stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $239.44, for a total value of $71,832.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,663 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,468,668.72. The trade was a 1.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Eric Robert Taranto sold 4,568 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.52, for a total value of $1,007,335.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 15,445 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,405,931.40. This trade represents a 22.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 68,503 shares of company stock worth $17,288,099. 0.57% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.