Fairvoy Private Wealth LLC Invests $706,000 in MKS Inc. $MKSI

Fairvoy Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 3,070 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $706,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of MKSI. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in MKS by 1.1% in the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 4,274 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $982,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Covestor Ltd boosted its position in shares of MKS by 14.7% during the 4th quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 390 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $63,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of MKS by 10.4% during the 4th quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 530 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $85,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC grew its stake in shares of MKS by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 4,335 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $693,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its holdings in shares of MKS by 6.9% in the 4th quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 898 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $144,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently commented on MKSI shares. Wall Street Zen cut shares of MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 23rd. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of MKS from $354.00 to $374.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of MKS from $290.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “sell” rating and set a $265.00 price target on shares of MKS in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on MKS from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $343.77.

Insider Activity

In other MKS news, Director Gerald G. Colella sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $333.40, for a total transaction of $6,668,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 20,017 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,673,667.80. This trade represents a 49.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO John Tseng-Chung Lee sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total value of $3,154,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 144,696 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,648,694.08. This trade represents a 6.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders sold 53,949 shares of company stock worth $17,446,108. 0.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

MKS Price Performance

MKS stock opened at $410.31 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $27.71 billion, a PE ratio of 85.84, a P/E/G ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 1.99. MKS Inc. has a 52 week low of $88.49 and a 52 week high of $421.58. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $320.54 and its 200 day simple moving average is $252.55. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion. MKS had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 21.49%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.71 EPS. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that MKS Inc. will post 11.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MKS Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 12th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 3rd were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 3rd. MKS’s payout ratio is currently 20.92%.

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.