KeyBanc analyst Steve Barger maintained a Buy rating on MKS Instruments (MKSI – Research Report) today. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $127.62.
Barger covers the Industrials sector, focusing on stocks such as Trinity Industries, Federal Signal, and Lincoln Electric Holdings. According to TipRanks, Barger has an average return of 13.8% and a 64.52% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to KeyBanc, MKS Instruments also received a Buy from Needham’s James Ricchiuti in a report issued yesterday. However, on May 8, Wells Fargo maintained a Hold rating on MKS Instruments (NASDAQ: MKSI).
The company has a one-year high of $135.52 and a one-year low of $63.15. Currently, MKS Instruments has an average volume of 612.3K.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 42 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of MKSI in relation to earlier this year.
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MKS Instruments (MKSI) Company Description:
MKS Instruments, Inc. engages in the provision of instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions to measure, control, power, monitor, and analyze parameters of manufacturing processes. It operates through the Vacuum and Analysis; and Light and Motion segments. The Vacuum and Analysis segment comprises pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, residual gas analysis, leak detection, control technology, ozone generation and delivery, RF & DC power, reactive gas generation, and vacuum technology components. The Light and Motion segment includes lasers, photonics, sub-micron positioning, vibration control, and optics instruments. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.
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