Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd Purchases 1,823 Shares of MKS Inc. $MKSI

Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd increased its position in MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) by 605.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,124 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,823 shares during the period. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd’s holdings in MKS were worth $339,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. USA Financial Formulas bought a new position in shares of MKS in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of MKS by 560.0% in the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its stake in MKS by 616.7% during the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 172 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in MKS by 74.5% during the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 111 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Danske Bank A S bought a new position in MKS during the 3rd quarter valued at $37,000. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Gerald G. Colella sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $333.40, for a total transaction of $6,668,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 20,017 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,673,667.80. This trade represents a 49.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO John Tseng-Chung Lee sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $315.48, for a total value of $3,154,800.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 144,696 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,648,694.08. This represents a 6.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 51,855 shares of company stock worth $16,751,520. 0.57% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on MKSI shares. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on MKS from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen cut MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $380.00 price objective on shares of MKS in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Mizuho set a $400.00 price objective on MKS in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on MKS from $305.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, MKS presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.92.

MKS Trading Down 8.7%

Shares of MKS stock opened at $301.65 on Friday. MKS Inc. has a 1 year low of $88.46 and a 1 year high of $341.81. The firm has a market cap of $20.37 billion, a PE ratio of 63.11, a P/E/G ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.99. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $285.07 and a 200-day moving average price of $230.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 0.70.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.30. MKS had a return on equity of 21.49% and a net margin of 8.06%.The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.71 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. MKS has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-3.200 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that MKS Inc. will post 11.73 EPS for the current year.

MKS Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 3rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.92%.

MKS Company Profile

MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) designs, manufactures and markets technology solutions that enable advanced processes in a variety of high?technology and industrial markets. The company’s core offerings include vacuum and gas delivery systems, pressure and flow measurement instruments, optical metrology tools, photonics subsystems and critical components for manufacturing processes. These products support the precise control and monitoring needs of semiconductor, industrial manufacturing, life and health sciences, and research applications.

The company’s product portfolio features mass flow controllers, pressure transducers, vacuum gauges, gas purity monitors, laser-based metrology systems and photonic devices such as lasers and detectors.