On Monday, MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) was 3.72% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $88.17. A 52-week range for MKSI has been $76.37 – $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 14.12%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 7.23%. With a float of $66.95 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $67.40 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 44.23%, operating margin of 14.19%, and the pretax margin is 5.02%.
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward MKS Instruments, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of MKS Instruments, Inc is 0.63%, while institutional ownership is 105.02%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 03 ’25, was worth 25,426. In this transaction Director of this company sold 275 shares at a rate of $92.46, taking the stock ownership to the 17,384 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 03 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 300 for $92.46, making the entire transaction worth $27,738. This insider now owns 9,683 shares in total.
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.69 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.23% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.78% during the next five years compared to 1.99% growth over the previous five years of trading.
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 2.04. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.72. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 16.34.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.81, a number that is poised to hit 1.44 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.74 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.09 million, its volume of 1.39 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 80.13%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.32.
During the past 100 days, MKS Instruments, Inc’s (MKSI) raw stochastic average was set at 30.80%, which indicates a significant decrease from 89.02% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 55.13% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 47.58% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $101.62, while its 200-day Moving Average is $111.94. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $92.73 in the near term. At $94.00, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $95.19. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $90.27, it is likely to go to the next support level at $89.08. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $87.81.
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) Key Stats
There are 67,378K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 6.16 billion. As of now, sales total 3,586 M while income totals 190,000 K. Its latest quarter income was 935,000 K while its last quarter net income were 90,000 K.
