In a report released today, Patrick Ho from Stifel Nicolaus maintained a Buy rating on MKS Instruments (NASDAQ: MKSI), with a price target of $155. The company’s shares opened today at $102.80.
According to TipRanks.com, Ho is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 16.5% and a 69.2% success rate. Ho covers the Consumer Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as IPG Photonics Corporation, Rudolph Technologies, and Electro Scientific.
MKS Instruments has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $140.
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Based on MKS Instruments’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly net profit of $105 million. In comparison, last year the company had a net profit of $65.06 million.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 48 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock.
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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.
