MKS Inc. (MKSI) To Go Ex-Dividend on June 3rd

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 12th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of 0.25 per share by the scientific and technical instruments company on Friday, June 12th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 3rd.

MKS has raised its dividend by an average of 0.0%per year over the last three years. MKS has a dividend payout ratio of 12.3% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect MKS to earn $14.10 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.00 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 7.1%.

MKS Stock Performance

MKSI opened at $317.31 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.43 billion, a PE ratio of 66.38, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.98. MKS has a twelve month low of $80.22 and a twelve month high of $326.83. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $254.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $210.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.30. MKS had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 21.49%. The company had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.71 earnings per share. MKS’s quarterly revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that MKS will post 11.29 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About MKS

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.