MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) CFO Ramakumar Mayampurath Sells 8,810 Shares

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) CFO Ramakumar Mayampurath sold 8,810 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total transaction of $2,779,378.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1 shares in the company, valued at $315.48. This represents a 99.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

MKS Price Performance

MKS stock traded up $11.58 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $332.20. The company had a trading volume of 511,051 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,387,951. The company has a market capitalization of $22.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 69.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.98. MKS Inc. has a 12-month low of $80.22 and a 12-month high of $334.65. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $268.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is $219.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 0.70.

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. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that MKS Inc. will post 11.15 EPS for the current year.

MKS Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 12th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 3rd will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 3rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.92%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Mizuho set a $320.00 price target on shares of MKS in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of MKS from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of MKS from $305.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on shares of MKS from $290.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, MKS presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $318.77.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Penserra Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of MKS by 43.4% during the 3rd quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 295,963 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $36,631,000 after buying an additional 89,502 shares during the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of MKS during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,020,000. Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC acquired a new stake in shares of MKS during the 4th quarter worth approximately $3,618,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp increased its holdings in shares of MKS by 553.5% during the 3rd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp now owns 7,371 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $912,000 after buying an additional 6,243 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First National Bank of Omaha acquired a new stake in shares of MKS during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,668,000. 99.79% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

MKS Company 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.