1MKSI Stock Overview

Provides foundational technology solutions to semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications in the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and internationally. More details

1MKSI fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	1/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	1/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 27.89% per year

Became profitable this year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Shares are highly illiquid

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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MKS Instruments, Inc. Competitors

Technoprobe

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ELES Semiconductor Equipment

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Hangzhou First Applied Material

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GlobalWafers

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NT$149.6b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for MKS Instruments
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$66.56
52 Week High	US$0
52 Week Low	US$0
Beta	1.81
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	3.71%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	1MKSI	IT Semiconductor	IT Market
7D	n/a	-1.5%	1.0%
1Y	n/a	-29.6%	11.1%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how 1MKSI performed against the Italian Semiconductor industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how 1MKSI performed against the Italian Market.

Price Volatility

Is 1MKSI's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1MKSI volatility
1MKSI Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Semiconductor Industry Average Movement	8.6%
Market Average Movement	5.3%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.6%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	3.3%

Stable Share Price: 1MKSI's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine 1MKSI's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1961	10,200	John T. Lee	www.mks.com

MKS Instruments, Inc. provides foundational technology solutions to semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications in the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and internationally. It operates through Vacuum Solutions Division (VSD), Photonics Solutions Division (PSD), and Material Solutions Division (MSD) segments. The VSD segment provides foundational technology solutions, including pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, electronic control technology, reactive gas generation and delivery, power generation and delivery, and fiber optic temperature and position sensing.

MKS Instruments, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do MKS Instruments's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1MKSI fundamental statistics
Market cap	€4.26b
Earnings (TTM)	€167.60m
Revenue (TTM)	€3.16b

25.4x

P/E Ratio

1.3x

P/S Ratio

Is 1MKSI overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1MKSI income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$3.59b
Cost of Revenue	US$1.88b
Gross Profit	US$1.71b
Other Expenses	US$1.52b
Earnings	US$190.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

May 07, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	2.82
Gross Margin	47.63%
Net Profit Margin	5.30%
Debt/Equity Ratio	195.4%

How did 1MKSI perform over the long term?

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Dividends

1.2%

Current Dividend Yield

31%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/02 19:51
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/02 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

MKS Instruments, Inc. is covered by 26 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Christopher Muse	Barclays
Mark Miller	Benchmark Company
Paretosh Misra	Berenberg