On Friday, MKS Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) opened lower -3.76% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $85.40. Price fluctuations for MKSI have ranged from $54.84 to $147.40 over the past 52 weeks.
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Technology Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 13.55% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 2.82% at the time writing. With a float of $66.61 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $66.90 million.
The firm has a total of 10200 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 47.51%, operating margin of 13.71%, and the pretax margin is 6.02%.
MKS Inc (MKSI) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of MKS Inc is 0.68%, while institutional ownership is 107.57%. 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 Inc (MKSI) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.82% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.26% during the next five years compared to 1.99% growth over the previous five years of trading.
MKS Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for MKS Inc (MKSI). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.96. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.51. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 12.22.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.36, a number that is poised to hit 1.63 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.15 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of MKS Inc (MKSI)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [MKS Inc, MKSI], we can find that recorded value of 0.87 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 1.3 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 29.69%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.10.
During the past 100 days, MKS Inc’s (MKSI) raw stochastic average was set at 38.80%, which indicates a significant increase from 11.79% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 66.79% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 78.89% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $77.63, while its 200-day Moving Average is $99.95. Now, the first resistance to watch is $84.02. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $85.85. The third major resistance level sits at $87.59. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $80.45, it is likely to go to the next support level at $78.71. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $76.88.
MKS Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) Key Stats
There are currently 67,447K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 5.51 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 3,586 M according to its annual income of 190,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 936,000 K and its income totaled 52,000 K.
