MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) is 15.06% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $97.54 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 $117.23 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.88%.
Currently trading at $120.11, the stock is 10.21% and 8.26% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.14 million and changing 2.46% at the moment leaves the stock 2.51% off its SMA200. MKSI registered 18.80% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.76%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $110.9412 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $117.1671.
The stock witnessed a 8.34% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 16.07%, and is 10.12% 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 3.23% over the week and 3.35% over the month.
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) has around 10200 employees, a market worth around $8.08B and $3.54B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 258.86 and Fwd P/E is 15.59. Profit margin for the company is 0.90%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.14% and -18.51% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.43%).
with sales reaching $914.66M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 43.86% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.55% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.43% in year-over-year returns.
MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI) Top Institutional Holders
561.0 institutions hold shares in MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI), with institutional investors hold 106.94% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 67.30M, and float is at 66.92M with Short Float at 4.87%. Institutions hold 106.38% 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 300 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 10 ’24 at a price of $114.80 per share for a total of $34440.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 9983.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 02 ’24, Mora Elizabeth (Director) disposed off 275 shares at an average price of $113.41 for $31188.0. The insider now directly holds 17,659 shares of MKS Instruments, Inc (MKSI).
