MKSI · MKS Incorporated
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $18.88B |
| P/E | 42.90 |
| Float | 67.19M |
| Beta | 2.10 |
| Volatility | 52.6% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Semiconductors |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Very High |
| Clavix score | 47.3 |
| Price | 279.15 |
| Change | +0.00% |
| Prev Close | 279.15 |
| Open | 284.10 |
| Day Low | 278.91 |
| Day High | 284.62 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $332.5M |
| 52W High | 447.62 |
| 52W Low | 120.91 |
| 52W Pos | 48.4% |
| From High | −37.64% |
| From Low | +130.87% |
| Max DD 1Y | −47.95% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +8.19% |
| SMA 50 | +1.18% |
| SMA 200 | +2.61% |
| RSI (14) | 58.0 |
| Vol 30D | 50.8% |
| Vol 90D | 73.5% |
| 1Y Range | 121–448 |
| Daily bars | 526 |
| Perf Week | +7.03% |
| Perf Month | +11.05% |
| Perf Quarter | −24.16% |
| Perf Half Y | +18.96% |
| Perf Year | +112.64% |
| Perf YTD | +65.81% |
| Prev Day | +0.00% |
| Clavix | D+ |
| Debt / Eq | 1.53 |
| Curr Ratio | 2.71 |
| Int Cover | 3.8× |
| FCF Margin | 12.6% |
| Rev Growth | +9.6% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | High |
| Sector rank | 18 / 52 |
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayMKSI grades D+, 47.3 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (53), most exposed on Macro Resilience (34, weak). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Semiconductors median. Ranks 18 of 52 in Semiconductors by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| MKSI | Semiconductors median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 2.10 | 1.89 |
| Volatilityannualized | 52.6% | 47.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −48.0% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 2.21% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 104 (41%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| MKSI | Semiconductors median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 2.10 | 1.89 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Very High | Very High 62% of 52 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Semiconductors names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| MKSI | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +7.0% |
| 1 month | +11.0% |
| Year to date | +65.8% |
| 1 year | +112.6% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| MKSI | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 8 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 64 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 23 · 3 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 23 ↑ 3 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 52 Semiconductors names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| MKSI | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +9.6% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Semiconductors median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openMKS Inc. highlighted Everplate Cu 300 2TF, an electrolytic copper process from its Atotech brand designed for advanced semiconductor packaging. The process deposits fine-grained copper that enables direct copper-to-copper bonding at low temperatures in next-generation chip manufacturing.
Sixteen Wall Street analyst firms currently covering MKS Inc. give the stock an average 'Moderate Buy' rating, according to MarketBeat. The breakdown includes thirteen buy ratings, one hold, and one sell, though the article text is cut off mid-sentence.
Berenberg Bank repeated a 'buy' rating on Marks and Spencer Group, the UK retailer that trades on the London Stock Exchange as MKS, and set a 480 pence price target. This article is about a different company than MKSI (MKS Instruments, a US semiconductor equipment maker).
MKS Instruments reported record second-quarter revenue of $1.25 billion, up 28% from a year earlier, alongside earnings per share that beat expectations. The company is reconfiguring its Malaysian facility to serve the wafer fab equipment industry, projected to spend $200-250 billion, though margins are pressured by product mix and facility startup costs.
Sixteen brokerages covering MKS Inc. have given the stock a consensus 'Moderate Buy' rating, with one sell and two hold recommendations among them. The article body was cut off before further details were provided.
Nearest peers by size
Semiconductors| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSLR | First Solar Inc | C | $18.77B | 10.75 | 1.75 | Compare |
| LSCC | Lattice Semiconductor Corp | C- | $19.03B | 523.94 | 1.88 | Compare |
| SMTC | Semtech Corp | F | $18.19B | 54.16 | 2.47 | Compare |
| SITM | SiTime Corp | F | $21.33B | 1,513.88 | 2.86 | Compare |
| ONTO | Onto Innovation Inc | D- | $16.09B | 121.30 | 1.62 | Compare |
| MTSI | MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc | C- | $24.56B | 101.94 | 1.81 | Compare |
| ENTG | Entegris Inc | D | $25.44B | 83.54 | 1.40 | Compare |
| AMKR | Amkor Technology Inc | F | $13.92B | 25.06 | 2.37 | Compare |
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