Overview
MKS Instruments, Inc., based in the United States, is a global provider primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, and marketing of instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions. These offerings cater extensively to the semiconductor, industrial technologies, life and health sciences, research, and defense sectors. The company plays a crucial role in enhancing the performance and productivity of advanced manufacturing processes through its expertise in vacuum and analysis technology. Key projects typically revolve around precision measurement and control of processes critical to production efficiency and product quality. MKS Instruments emphasizes innovation and strategic acquisitions to solidify its market position and expand its technological capabilities, thereby supporting diverse and demanding industrial applications worldwide.
Basic Stats
The share price of MKS Inc. - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) as of February 19, 2025 is R$33.56 / share. The market cap (or net worth) of MKS Inc. - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) as of September 5, 2025 is R$2,255.23 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of MKS Inc. - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 2,255.23 MM |
| EV | |
| Shares Out. | 67.20 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 3.97 |
| Dividend Yield | |
| Ex-Dividend Date | |
| Borrow Rate | |
| Short Shares Avail. | |
| Short Interest | |
| Short Float | |
| Days to Cover | |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.19 |
| Beta | 1.11 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) |
| PE Ratio | |
| Price/Book | |
| Price/TBV | |
| Book/Market | |
| EBIT/EV | |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | |
| ROA | 0.03 |
| ROE | 0.12 |
| ROIC | 0.04 |
| CROIC | -0.02 |
| OCROIC | 0.09 |
| Implied Volatility | |
| Put/Call OI Ratio |
| Growth | 49.59 /100 |
| Profitability | 45.72 /100 |
| Quality Score | 52.40 /100 |
| Value Score | |
| Momentum Score | |
| Stability (Low Vol) Score | 89.27 /100 |
| Analyst Sentiment | |
| Fund Sentiment | |
| Insider Sentiment | |
| Officer Sentiment | |
| Dividend Score | |
| QVM Score | |
| Piotroski F-SCORE | 8.00 /9 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for MKS Inc. - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) is R$38.76. The forecasts range from a low of R$22.22 to a high of R$52.81. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for MKS Inc. - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock). An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-28 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-18 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-13 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-23 | Loop Capital | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2022-01-28 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-28 | Rosenblatt | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-28 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-26 | Keybanc | Sector Weight | Initiate | |
| 2021-10-29 | Rosenblatt | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-30 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-02 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-05-28 | Rosenblatt | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-28 | Rosenblatt | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-29 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-25 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-22 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-12-11 | Rosenblatt | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-12-11 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-12-11 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-10-29 | Benchmark | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-31 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-31 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-31 | Rosenblatt | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-28 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-22 | Rosenblatt | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2020-06-25 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2020-06-18 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-06-15 | Needham | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2020-04-30 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-02 | DA Davidson | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2020-03-27 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-30 | Benchmark | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-29 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-27 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-25 | Citi | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-09-23 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-05-15 | Susquehanna | Positive | Initiate | |
| 2019-04-17 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-10-25 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2018-09-25 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-07-30 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-07-13 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-06-18 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-05-15 | Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2017-10-26 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2017-07-06 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2017-01-24 | Dougherty | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-10-12 | Citigroup | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-01-04 | Pacific Crest | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2014-12-09 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-11-24 | Sidoti & Co. | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2014-09-23 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-01-31 | DA Davidson | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-11-26 | Sidoti & Co. | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2013-01-31 | Bank of America | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-01-08 | Bank of America | Underperform | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-01-03 | Barclays | Underperform | Equal-Weight | Upgrade |
| 2012-11-16 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2012-10-23 | DA Davidson | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-02 | Barclays | Overweight | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2012-07-26 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-26 | Bank of America | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2012-04-26 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-04-24 | DA Davidson | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-04-03 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2024-07-12 | Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-10 | B of A Securities | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2024-06-12 | TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-05-23 | Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-05-22 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-05-10 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2024-05-10 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-04-02 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-02-09 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-02-09 | Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-02-08 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-01-10 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-11-02 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-08-04 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2023-07-14 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-06-22 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-05-19 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2023-05-05 | Benchmark | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-05 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-17 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-14 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-15 | Benchmark | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-02 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-01 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-01 | Benchmark | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2023-02-28 | Needham | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2023-01-13 | Keybanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-09 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-20 | Keybanc | Sector Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2022-12-15 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-15 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-04 | Benchmark | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2022-11-04 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-03 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-21 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-13 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-10 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-29 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-27 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-19 | Benchmark | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-01 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-29 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-19 | Needham | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-18 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-23 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-28 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-28 | Rosenblatt | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2024-08-05 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2024-08-09 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-08-09 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2024-08-09 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-08-09 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-09-10 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2024-12-16 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-15 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2024-09-16 | Citigroup | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2024-12-13 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2025-02-14 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-03 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-02-14 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-02-14 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-02-14 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-02-13 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | Overweight | Reiterate |
| 2024-08-08 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2024-11-18 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2025-01-06 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2025-08-07 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-01-10 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-05-09 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-05-09 | Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-06-24 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-05-23 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-07-14 | Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-07-10 | Goldman Sachs | Sell | Initiate | |
| 2025-08-08 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-07-22 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-07-08 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
