MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Issues Q4 2025 Earnings Guidance

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) updated its fourth quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.270- for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.280. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $994.1 million.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently issued reports on MKSI. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on MKS from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on MKS from $150.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $151.00 price target on shares of MKS in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $175.00 price objective on MKS and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $198.27.

MKS Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MKSI traded up $10.07 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $220.73. 1,942,571 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 731,273. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $166.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $134.80. MKS has a 1-year low of $54.84 and a 1-year high of $221.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.58, a PEG ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a current ratio of 2.86 and a quick ratio of 1.81.

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

MKS Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 5th. Investors of record on Monday, November 24th were given a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 24th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. MKS’s payout ratio is 21.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On MKS

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of MKSI. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of MKS by 44.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 982,643 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $97,635,000 after buying an additional 301,223 shares in the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC increased its stake in MKS by 63.4% in the second quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 878,114 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $87,249,000 after acquiring an additional 340,645 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. raised its position in MKS by 16.0% in the third quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 850,245 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $105,235,000 after purchasing an additional 117,563 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC lifted its stake in MKS by 9,165.9% during the third quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 446,248 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $55,232,000 after purchasing an additional 441,432 shares during the period. Finally, Nomura Holdings Inc. boosted its holdings in MKS by 316.9% during the third quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 426,509 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $52,789,000 after purchasing an additional 324,195 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

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.