MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Issues Q4 2025 Earnings Guidance

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MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI – Get Free Report) updated its fourth quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.270- for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.280. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $994.1 million.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently commented on MKSI. Benchmark boosted their price objective on shares of MKS from $135.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. 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. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on MKS from $210.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Bank of America raised their price target on MKS from $215.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price target on MKS from $180.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, MKS presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $206.45.

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MKS Stock Performance

NASDAQ MKSI opened at $220.73 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $166.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $134.80. MKS has a 52-week low of $54.84 and a 52-week high of $221.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a current ratio of 2.86 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.92.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 7.25%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.72 earnings per share. MKS has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.930-2.610 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that MKS will post 6.94 EPS for the current year.

MKS Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 24th were issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 24th. MKS’s dividend payout ratio is presently 21.36%.

Insider Activity

In other MKS news, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.81, for a total transaction of $47,643.00. Following the transaction, the director 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 transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On MKS

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in MKSI. Millennium Management LLC boosted its position in shares of MKS by 9,165.9% during the third quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 446,248 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $55,232,000 after purchasing an additional 441,432 shares in the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC raised its stake in MKS by 63.4% during the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 878,114 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $87,249,000 after buying an additional 340,645 shares during the period. Nomura Holdings Inc. increased its holdings in shares of MKS by 316.9% in the third quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 426,509 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $52,789,000 after acquiring an additional 324,195 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of MKS by 44.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 982,643 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $97,635,000 after purchasing an additional 301,223 shares during the period. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. increased its position in shares of MKS by 48.1% during the second quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 732,682 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $72,799,000 after acquiring an additional 238,099 shares in the last quarter. 99.79% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

MKS Company Profile

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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.

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