Bank of America Raises MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Price Target to $215.00

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) had its price objective hoisted by Bank of America from $200.00 to $215.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. Bank of America‘s price target indicates a potential upside of 15.64% from the company’s previous close.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $151.00 target price on shares of MKS in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Wall Street Zen lowered MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, January 3rd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of MKS in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on shares of MKS from $136.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on shares of MKS from $122.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $176.91.

MKS Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of MKS stock opened at $185.92 on Tuesday. MKS has a one year low of $54.84 and a one year high of $188.71. The company has a market cap of $12.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.13, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.92. 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 firm has a fifty day moving average of $158.77 and a two-hundred day moving average of $130.02.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total value of $47,643.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 18,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,011,514.03. This represents a 1.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.51% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of MKS

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of MKSI. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in shares of MKS by 265.2% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in MKS during the 4th quarter valued at $14,838,000. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its position in MKS by 24.5% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 11,412 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,824,000 after buying an additional 2,247 shares in the last quarter. Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC acquired a new position in shares of MKS in the fourth quarter worth $3,618,000. Finally, Wedmont Private Capital lifted its position in shares of MKS by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 3,064 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $490,000 after acquiring an additional 211 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.