MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Price Target Raised to $175.00 at Wells Fargo & Company

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) had its price target hoisted by research analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $150.00 to $175.00 in a research report issued on Thursday, MarketBeat reports. The firm currently has an “equal weight” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. Wells Fargo & Company‘s price target would indicate a potential downside of 16.53% from the company’s previous close.

Several other research analysts have also recently commented on MKSI. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $151.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research report on Monday, October 13th. KeyCorp increased their price objective on MKS from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $175.00 target price on MKS and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on MKS from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $182.82.

MKS Stock Up 10.2%

Shares of MKSI stock traded up $19.34 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $209.64. The company had a trading volume of 218,458 shares, compared to its average volume of 754,016. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $160.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is $131.09. MKS has a twelve month low of $54.84 and a twelve month high of $209.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.86. The company has a market capitalization of $14.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.92.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.80 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $988.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $963.87 million. MKS had a net margin of 7.25% and a return on equity of 20.80%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.72 earnings per share. MKS has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.930-2.610 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that MKS will post 6.94 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at MKS

In other MKS news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of MKS stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total transaction of $47,643.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 18,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,011,514.03. This trade represents a 1.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 0.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MKS

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. USA Financial Formulas acquired a new position in shares of MKS during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in shares of MKS in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $230,000. Norden Group LLC acquired a new position in MKS in the fourth quarter valued at about $217,000. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in MKS by 265.2% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 19,124 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,056,000 after purchasing an additional 13,887 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in MKS during the fourth quarter worth about $14,838,000. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

MKS Company Profile

MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) designs, manufactures and markets technology solutions that enable advanced processes in a variety of high‐technology and industrial markets. The company’s core offerings include vacuum and gas delivery systems, pressure and flow measurement instruments, optical metrology tools, photonics subsystems and critical components for manufacturing processes. These products support the precise control and monitoring needs of semiconductor, industrial manufacturing, life and health sciences, and research applications.

The company’s product portfolio features mass flow controllers, pressure transducers, vacuum gauges, gas purity monitors, laser-based metrology systems and photonic devices such as lasers and detectors.