With 1.38 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.94 million shares. The 52-week range on MKSI shows that it touched its highest point at $147.40 and its lowest point at $77.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $134.92. With its current market cap of 5.32 billion, MKSI has annualized dividend of $0.88 while the current yield stands at 1.12%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.81.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MKSI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -7.76%, but this was down by -27.88% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -30.41% while six-month performance fell -24.46%. The stock lost -40.84% in the past year, while it has lost -24.43% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MKSI yields 2.81 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.74. For the next quarter, that number is 1.44. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.23% for this year and 23.81% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.78% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 1.99%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 67.40 million MKSI shares are outstanding with a float of 66.95 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MKSI since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $6.41331 being high and $6.23237 being low. For MKSI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.3731. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.97 and the low estimate is $1.53. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.69.
