MKSI Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (MKS Instruments | NASDAQ:MKSI)

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, and the majority of its revenue is earned in the United States.

MKS Instruments trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol MKSI.

As of February 10, 2025, MKSI stock price climbed to $112.84 with 733,452 million shares trading.

MKSI has a beta of 2.92, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. MKSI has a correlation of 0.65 to the broad based SPY ETF.

MKSI has a market cap of $7.59 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter MKS Instruments reported $896 million in Revenue and $1.72 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $22 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.27.

In the last 3 years, MKSI traded as high as $163.89 and as low as $63.44.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that MKSI belongs to (by Net Assets): IJH, VTI, VB, VBR, SOXX.

MKSI has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +5.5% while the SPY ETF gained +22.8%. MKSI has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -2.0% and -4.0%, respectively, while the SPY returned +1.9% and -0.5%, respectively.

MKSI support price is $106.43 and resistance is $112.33 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that MKSI shares will trade within this expected range on the day.