MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) on Tuesday, soared 1.38% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $99.57. Within the past 52 weeks, MKSI’s price has moved between $67.04 and $147.40.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Technology sector was 12.63%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 27.21%. With a float of $66.92 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $67.29 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 10200 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 41.34%, operating margin of 13.21%, and the pretax margin is -0.45%.
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Scientific & Technical Instruments industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of MKS Instruments, Inc is 0.55%, while institutional ownership is 101.77%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 01 ’24, was worth 27,225. In this transaction Director of this company sold 250 shares at a rate of $108.90, taking the stock ownership to the 10,283 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 01 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 250 for $108.90, making the entire transaction worth $27,225.
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 6/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 1.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 1.02) by 0.44. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.49 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 27.21% per share during the next fiscal year.
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) Trading Performance Indicators
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 2.31 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.90. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.37.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.13, a number that is poised to hit 1.45 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.49 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.82 million, its volume of 0.87 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 33.82%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.32.
During the past 100 days, MKS Instruments, Inc’s (MKSI) raw stochastic average was set at 6.82%, which indicates a significant decrease from 40.62% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 27.11% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 50.98% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $106.97, while its 200-day Moving Average is $119.53. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $101.58 in the near term. At $102.22, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $103.43. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $99.73, it is likely to go to the next support level at $98.52. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $97.88.
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 6.79 billion based on 67,288K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 3,622 M and income totals -1,841 M. The company made 887,000 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 23,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
