Jain Global LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Jain Global LLC grew its stake in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 132.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 133,197 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 75,878 shares during the quarter. Jain Global LLC’s holdings in MKS were worth $16,486,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of MKSI. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. bought a new stake in shares of MKS in the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in MKS by 74.5% during the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 111 shares during the last quarter. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in MKS during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $38,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new position in MKS in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $49,000. Finally, Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in MKS in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $65,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

MKS Price Performance

Shares of MKSI stock opened at $213.45 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 1.71 and a current ratio of 2.71. MKS Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $54.84 and a fifty-two week high of $269.91. The firm has a market cap of $14.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.84, a P/E/G ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.93. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $226.63 and its 200-day moving average price is $170.67.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.51 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.02 billion. MKS had a net margin of 7.53% and a return on equity of 20.85%. The business’s revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.15 EPS. MKS has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.720-2.280 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that MKS Inc. will post 6.94 earnings per share for the current year.

MKS Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 23rd. This is a positive change from MKS’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. MKS’s payout ratio is presently 22.88%.

Insider Activity at MKS

In other MKS news, Director Gerald G. Colella sold 10,000 shares of MKS stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.97, for a total transaction of $2,539,700.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 40,017 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,163,117.49. The trade was a 19.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO John Tseng-Chung Lee sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $256.77, for a total value of $7,703,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 154,696 shares in the company, valued at $39,721,291.92. This trade represents a 16.24% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 68,503 shares of company stock valued at $17,288,099 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on MKSI. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on MKS from $210.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on shares of MKS from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Mizuho set a $320.00 price target on shares of MKS in a report on Thursday, February 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of MKS from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $300.00 price target on shares of MKS in a report on Thursday, February 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $273.46.

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.