MKS Instruments (MKSI)

• Market cap: $4.73B
• 1 day: -1.82%
• 5 days: 0.42%
• 1 month: -12.49%
• 3 months: -37.92%
• 6 months: -31.45%
• Year to date: -33.84%
• 1 year: -41.05%
• 5 years: -30.02%
• 10 years: 101.49%
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Scientific & Technical Instruments

About: MKS Instruments Inc is engaged in providing instruments, subsystems, and process control systems used to measure, monitor, deliver, and control parameters of manufacturing processes. The company's product portfolio includes instruments, components, and systems required in manufacturing products such as flat panel displays, medical devices, and electronic materials, among others used in industrial technologies, semiconductors, life and health sciences, and research and defense markets. The company organizes itself into three reportable business segments: Vacuum Solutions, Photonics Solutions, and Materials Solutions. The Vacuum Solutions segment contributes the majority of the company's revenue.

Employees: 10,200

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

1,125% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $197M | Put options by funds: $16M

36% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 169 | Existing positions reduced: 124

33% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 4 (+1) [Q4]

20% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 65 | Existing positions closed: 54

4.97% more ownership

Funds ownership: 99.64% [Q3] → 104.61% (+4.97%) [Q4]

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 405 [Q3] → 411 (+6) [Q4]

1% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $7.28B [Q3] → $7.35B (+$70.1M) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $129 84% upside
• Avg. target: $139 98% upside
• High target: $147 110% upside

5 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 80%
• neutral: 1 20%
• negative: 0 0%

Benchmark Mark Miller 17% 1-year accuracy 6 / 35 met price target	92% upside $135	Buy Maintained	14 Feb 2025
Morgan Stanley Joseph Moore 42% 1-year accuracy 26 / 62 met price target	110% upside $147	Overweight Maintained	14 Feb 2025
Needham James Ricchiuti 18% 1-year accuracy 21 / 119 met price target	107% upside $145	Buy Maintained	14 Feb 2025
Goldman Sachs Toshiya Hari 43% 1-year accuracy 39 / 90 met price target	84% upside $129	Neutral Maintained	14 Feb 2025
Cantor Fitzgerald Matthew Prisco 12% 1-year accuracy 3 / 26 met price target	100% upside $140	Overweight Reiterated	13 Feb 2025