MKSI MKS Inc.
Trend channel, buy level and 3-month target. Information only, not financial advice.
Below the channel · 3-year channel rising
Closed below support (US$496.20). Treat the buy level with caution.
- 3-year channel
- US$496.20 – US$545.30 · rising, +48% a year
- Price in channel
- −600% (0% = floor, 100% = ceiling)
- Ceiling overhead
- US$545.30
- Published levels
- Buy and target are not from this channel — see below.
What broke this trend
- The fall
- -56% from US$444.7630 June 2026 → 22 Oct 2026
- Whose problem it was
- Its sector7 of 8 Hardware, Equipment & Parts peers fell with it
- Does it resolve?
- Temporary falls like it have resolved on the record
- Regained so far
- 9%of what it lost
- What the record says
- 80% of 13 comparable falls came back, typically in 109 days measured on its own peer group
Fell -56% (30 June 2026 → 22 Oct 2026); regained 9% so far; sector-wide.
Reported at the time: MKS Invests $25M To Expand Its Atotech Equipment Production Facility In Guangzhou, China — 25 June 2026
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
Updated 4:16 PM ET (68 h ago)
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (3 years)
- Lower trend line (3 years)
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Suggested path
Buy now
US$201.82
last close · 30 Oct 2026
Our target
US$283.76
by 10 Jan 2027
Projected move
40.6%
gross, before costs
Last close is our buy.
Target: MKSI's usual move size.
This move size: reached in 26% of 21 past stretches, typically in 78 days. (0.38% per day)
- Upper line touches
- 5
- Lower line touches
- 5
- Fit confidence
- 24%
- Fitted
- 1 Nov 2026
Company information
About MKS Inc.
MKS Inc. (MKSI) functions as a worldwide supplier of sophisticated instruments, integrated systems, specialized components, and advanced process control solutions. The company's products are engineered to precisely measure, observe, deliver, evaluate, energize, and regulate essential operational factors within diverse manufacturing environments across the globe. Its offerings are categorized into three primary divisions: 1. Vacuum & Analysis: This segment provides cutting-edge solutions for managing pressure and vacuum, featuring both direct and indirect pressure sensing devices. It also offers material handling technologies, including flow and valve systems, alongside integrated pressure measurement and control subsystems designed for meticulous process regulation. Furthermore, it supplies power delivery apparatus such as microwave, radio frequency matching networks, and metrology tools, which are crucial for supplying energy to etching, stripping, and deposition procedures. Plasma and reactive gas products also fall under this division. 2. Light & Motion: Concentrating on light-based technologies, this unit features a broad spectrum of laser products, encompassing continuous wave, pulsed nanosecond, diode, diode-pumped solid-state, and fiber lasers. Its photonics portfolio includes motion control systems, optical tables with vibration isolation platforms, a variety of photonic instruments, precision optics and optical assemblies, opto-mechanical parts, temperature sensing devices vital for wafer fabrication, and laser/LED measurement equipment like power/energy meters, beam profilers, and optical/photonic subsystems. 3. Equipment & Solutions: This division specializes in laser-driven systems for printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing. Its offerings cover flexible interconnect PCB processing and high-density interconnect solutions for rigid PCB production and substrate preparation. Additionally, it provides test systems for multi-layer ceramic capacitors. MKS Inc. serves a wide array of sectors, including semiconductor manufacturing, industrial technologies, life and health sciences, academic research, and defense. The company distributes its products and services through its internal sales team, independent distributors, sales representatives, and directly via its online platforms and product catalogs. Founded in 1961, MKS Inc. maintains its corporate headquarters in Andover, Massachusetts.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Hardware, Equipment & Parts
- CEO
- Tseng Chung Lee
- Employees
- 10,200
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own scores from the fundamentals below (not Morningstar ratings).
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Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$17.31B
- Enterprise value
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- Beta
- 2.00
- Avg volume
- 1.38M
- Revenue per share
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- Dividend yield
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- 52-week range
- 97.5-447.62
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
Key ratios
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- EV / EBITDA
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- Quick ratio
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- Debt / equity
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- Interest cover
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Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Trend lines are fitted to past swing highs and lows and may not continue. Information only, not financial advice.