MKS Inc. (MKSI) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.25 on March 6th

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 9th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of 0.25 per share by the scientific and technical instruments company on Friday, March 6th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 23rd. This is a 13.6% increase from MKS’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22.

MKS has increased 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 $8.61 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 11.6%.

MKS Trading Up 4.1%

MKSI opened at $259.27 on Friday. MKS has a twelve month low of $54.84 and a twelve month high of $269.91. The firm has a market cap of $17.42 billion, a PE ratio of 59.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.71. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $204.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $155.92.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 17th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.47 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.51 by ($0.04). The firm 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%. MKS’s quarterly revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.15 EPS. MKS has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.720-2.280 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that MKS will post 6.94 EPS for the current 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.