A new trading day began on Friday, with MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) stock price down -6.59% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $112.92. MKSI’s price has ranged from $75.07 to $147.40 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 12.63%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 43.97%. With a float of $66.92 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $67.30 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 10200 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 41.93%, operating margin of 13.63%, and the pretax margin is 0.62%.
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Scientific & Technical Instruments Industry. The insider ownership of MKS Instruments, Inc is 0.56%, while institutional ownership is 102.35%. 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) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 1.17 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.64 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 43.97% per share during the next fiscal year.
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are MKS Instruments, Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 2.21. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.87. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.00.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.46, a number that is poised to hit 1.96 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.85 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI)
The latest stats from [MKS Instruments, Inc, MKSI] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.82 million was inferior to 0.83 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 58.61%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.06.
During the past 100 days, MKS Instruments, Inc’s (MKSI) raw stochastic average was set at 15.92%, which indicates a significant decrease from 37.56% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 62.16% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 54.90% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $106.81, while its 200-day Moving Average is $119.56. Now, the first resistance to watch is $110.01. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $114.55. The third major resistance level sits at $116.96. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $103.06, it is likely to go to the next support level at $100.65. The third support level lies at $96.11 if the price breaches the second support level.
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 6.63 billion, the company has a total of 67,299K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 3,622 M while annual income is -1,841 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 896,000 K while its latest quarter income was 62,000 K.
