With 2.0 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.54 million shares. The 52-week range on MKSI shows that it touched its highest point at $147.40 and its lowest point at $54.84 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $114.09. With its current market cap of 5.21 billion, MKSI has annualized dividend of $0.88 while the current yield stands at 1.14%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.80.
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 up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.90%, but this was up by 31.49% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -30.95% while six-month performance fell -22.38%. The stock lost -38.13% in the past year, while it has lost -25.96% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MKSI yields 3.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.11. For the next quarter, that number is 1.65. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.01% for this year and 18.49% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.26% 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, 67.45 million MKSI shares are outstanding with a float of 67.02 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.
