MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI) is -0.32% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $63.44 and a high of $147.40 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MKSI stock was last observed hovering at around $103.48 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.94%.
Currently trading at $102.54, the stock is -4.72% and -7.57% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing -0.91% at the moment leaves the stock -14.29% off its SMA200. MKSI registered 27.24% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -8.52%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $110.934 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $119.63095.
The stock witnessed a -4.91% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.16%, and is -4.20% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.61% over the week and 3.53% over the month.
MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI) has around 10200 employees, a market worth around $6.90B and $3.58B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 800.47 and Fwd P/E is 13.69. Profit margin for the company is 0.25%. Distance from 52-week low is 61.63% and -30.43% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.12%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 27.21% this year
541.0 institutions hold shares in MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI), with institutional investors hold 104.62% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 67.29M, and float is at 66.92M with Short Float at 2.77%. Institutions hold 104.08% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 6.97 million shares valued at $909.86 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.3998 of the MKSI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ with 6.85 million shares valued at $893.89 million to account for 10.2173 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 6.61 million shares representing 9.8698 and valued at over $863.5 million, while FMR LLC holds 6.6275 of the shares totaling 4.44 million with a market value of $579.83 million.
MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Moloney Jacqueline F, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Moloney Jacqueline F sold 250 shares of the company’s common stock on Oct 01 ’24 at a price of $108.90 per share for a total of $27225.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 10283.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 03 ’24, Mora Elizabeth (Director) disposed off 275 shares at an average price of $115.97 for $31892.0. The insider now directly holds 17,934 shares of MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI).
