MKS Inc. $MKSI Shares Sold by Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC

Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC lessened its stake in MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 51.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,750 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 1,822 shares during the quarter. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in MKS were worth $402,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in MKS by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,254,049 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $200,438,000 after acquiring an additional 5,551 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in MKS by 44.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 982,643 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $97,635,000 after purchasing an additional 301,223 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in MKS in the 4th quarter worth approximately $147,453,000. Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of MKS by 63.4% during the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 878,114 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $87,249,000 after purchasing an additional 340,645 shares during the period. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of MKS by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 870,654 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $139,131,000 after purchasing an additional 24,349 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at MKS

In other news, Director Gerald G. Colella sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $333.40, for a total transaction of $6,668,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 20,017 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,673,667.80. The trade was a 49.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at 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 company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total transaction of $3,154,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 144,696 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,648,694.08. This trade 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. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 53,949 shares of company stock valued at $17,446,108. Insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

MKS Stock Down 4.1%

MKS stock opened at $315.70 on Tuesday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $21.32 billion, a PE ratio of 66.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.93. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $351.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $283.07. MKS Inc. has a 12 month low of $88.49 and a 12 month high of $447.62.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last announced its 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 firm had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.71 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that MKS Inc. will post 11.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MKS Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on MKSI. 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. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on shares of MKS in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $453.00 price target on the stock. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 23rd. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price objective on shares of MKS from $400.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of MKS from $374.00 to $442.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, MKS currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $385.00.

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.