MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Price Target Raised to $175.00 at Wells Fargo & Company

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $150.00 to $175.00 in a research note issued on Thursday, Marketbeat reports. The brokerage currently has an “equal weight” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. Wells Fargo & Company‘s price target points to a potential downside of 16.53% from the stock’s current price.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on MKSI. Wall Street Zen downgraded MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 3rd. Mizuho set a $215.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a report on Friday, January 9th. KeyCorp increased their price target on shares of MKS from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Benchmark upped their target price on shares of MKS from $135.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on MKS from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Nine investment 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $182.82.

MKS Price Performance

Shares of MKSI stock traded up $19.34 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $209.64. 218,458 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 754,016. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $160.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is $131.09. The company has a market cap of $14.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.92. MKS has a fifty-two week low of $54.84 and a fifty-two week high of $209.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a current ratio of 2.86 and a quick ratio of 1.81.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other MKS news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the firm’s 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 completion of the sale, the director owned 18,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,011,514.03. This trade represents a 1.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MKS

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. USA Financial Formulas purchased a new position in shares of MKS during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC acquired a new position in MKS in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $230,000. Norden Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of MKS during the 4th quarter worth approximately $217,000. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 13,887 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. purchased a new position in shares of MKS during the fourth quarter worth about $14,838,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

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.