Technology
Live Price
Offline$420.56
+3.49% today
1Y Change
+326.27%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
MKS Inc. (MKSI) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $18.81B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $420.56 and up 326.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +9.6%, EPS growth of +55.7%, a dividend yield of 0.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +9.6%, EPS +55.7%, free cash flow +21.2% with operating margin 13.7% and ROIC 6.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.3%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 63.7 and price/sales 4.8. Stock Foundry combines MKSI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+9.6% vs +11.9% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+13.7% vs +22.0% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
63.7 vs 18.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 6, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +9.6% and EPS at +55.7%, with operating margin around 13.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.3%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 6, 2026 | โ | +2.4% | +8.0% | +12.4% |
2026 Feb 17, 2026 | +0.4% | -4.8% | -4.4% | -12.9% |
2025 Nov 5, 2025 | +4.3% | +11.0% | +9.5% | +16.7% |
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MKSI
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Normalized return
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MKSI Max Drawdown
-20.13%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MKSI and SPY.

Company Overview
MKS Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
MKS 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. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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