MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) is 12.41% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $67.42 and a high of $147.40 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MKSI stock was last observed hovering at around $103.29 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 12.35%.
Currently trading at $115.64, the stock is 12.05% and 8.43% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.52 million and changing 11.96% at the moment leaves the stock -3.23% off its SMA200. MKSI registered 69.54% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -9.39%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $106.6622 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $119.48725.
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The stock witnessed a 6.14% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 6.95%, and is 16.42% up 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 2.44% over the week and 3.04% over the month.
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) has around 10200 employees, a market worth around $7.78B and $3.54B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 249.22 and Fwd P/E is 15.16. Profit margin for the company is 0.90%. Distance from 52-week low is 71.52% and -21.55% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.43%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 35.28% this year
544.0 institutions hold shares in MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI), with institutional investors hold 105.50% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 67.29M, and float is at 66.92M with Short Float at 2.59%. Institutions hold 104.94% 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).
