In the last trading session, 1.89 million shares of the MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ:MKSI) were traded, and its beta was 1.82. Most recently the company’s share price was $68.48, and it changed around $2.95 or 4.50% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $4.62B. MKSI currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $147.40, offering almost -115.25% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $54.84, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 19.92% since then. We note from MKS Instruments, Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 2.51 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.31 million.
MKS Instruments, Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.47. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 13 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 4 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 2 recommended MKSI as a Hold, whereas 7 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ:MKSI) trade information
Instantly MKSI has showed a green trend with a performance of 4.50% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 75.29 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 9.05%. The company’s shares are currently down -34.40% year-to-date, but still up 8.72% over the last five days. On the other hand, MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ:MKSI) is -20.67% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 3.62 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.73 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $135, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 49.27% from its current value. Analyst projections state that MKSI is forecast to be at a low of $80 and a high of $230.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 1.99%. MKS Instruments, Inc earnings are expected to increase by 5.64% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 7.68% per year for the next five years.
MKSI Dividends
MKS Instruments, Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Feb-11. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 1.29 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.88. It is important to note, however, that the 1.29% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 0.76 per year.
MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ:MKSI)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.60% of MKS Instruments, Inc shares, and 107.58% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 108.23%. MKS Instruments, Inc stock is held by 561.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 10.3998% of the shares, which is about 6.97 million shares worth $909.86 million.
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/, with 10.2173% or 6.85 million shares worth $893.89 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
SMALLCAP WORLD FUND INC and iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024 . The former held 2.83 shares worth $194.08 million, making up 4.20% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF held roughly 2.2 shares worth around $150.53 million, which represents about 3.26% of the total shares outstanding.
