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MKS Instruments Inc is a scientific & technical instruments business based in the US. MKS Instruments shares (MKSI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. MKS Instruments employs 6,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3 billion.
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| Latest market close | $82.64 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $82.39 - $180.10 |
| 50-day moving average | $105.61 |
| 200-day moving average | $129.22 |
| Wall St. target price | $143.89 |
| PE ratio | 8.5161 |
| Dividend yield | $0.88 (1.04%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $9.96 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $82.64 from 2022-09-30
| 1 week (2022-09-21) | -5.39% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2022-08-29) | -18.81% |
| 3 months (2022-07-01) | -14.20% |
| 6 months (2022-04-01) | -41.48% |
| 1 year (2021-10-01) | -44.80% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-10-01) | -25.87% |
| 3 years (2019-10-01) | 89.1 |
| 5 years (2017-09-29) | 94.45 |
Valuing MKS Instruments stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of MKS Instruments's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
MKS Instruments's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, MKS Instruments shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
MKS Instruments's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.61. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into MKS Instruments's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
MKS Instruments's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $832.9 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a MKS Instruments's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 23.96% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.4 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 10.07% |
| Return on equity TTM | 19.34% |
| Profit margin | 18.44% |
| Book value | $56.18 |
| Market capitalisation | $5.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 7.92% of net profits
Recently MKS Instruments has paid out, on average, around 7.92% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.04% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), MKS Instruments shareholders could enjoy a 1.04% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In MKS Instruments's case, that would currently equate to about $0.88 per share.
While MKS Instruments's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that MKS Instruments is investing more in its future growth.
MKS Instruments's most recent dividend payout was on 8 September 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 4 August 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, MKS Instruments's shares have ranged in value from as little as $82.39 up to $180.1015. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while MKS Instruments's is 1.5761. This would suggest that MKS Instruments's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
MKS Instruments, Inc. provides instruments, systems, subsystems, and process control solutions that measure, monitor, deliver, analyze, power, and control critical parameters of manufacturing processes worldwide. Its Vacuum & Analysis segment offers pressure and vacuum control solutions, including direct and indirect pressure measurement; materials delivery solutions comprising flow and valve technologies, as well as integrated pressure measurement and control subsystems, which provide customers with precise control capabilities; power solutions products, such as microwave, power delivery systems, radio frequency matching networks, and metrology products used in providing energy to etching, stripping, and deposition processes; and plasma and reactive gas products. Its Light & Motion segment offers laser products, such as continuous wave and pulsed nanosecond, diode and diode-pumped solid-state, and fiber laser technologies; and photonics products comprising motion control, optical tables and vibration isolation systems, photonic instruments, optics and optical assemblies, opto-mechanical components, temperature sensing products for wafer fabrication systems, and laser and LED measurement products, including laser power and energy meters, laser beam profilers, and optical and photonic subsystems. Its Equipment & Solutions segment provides laser-based systems for printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing, including flexible interconnect PCB processing systems and high-density interconnect solutions for rigid PCB manufacturing and substrate processing, and multi-layer ceramic capacitor test systems. It serves semiconductor, industrial technologies, life and health sciences, research, and defense markets. It sells its products and services through its direct sales organization, independent distributors, and sales representatives, as well as through its websites and product catalogs.
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