MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI): Price and Financial Metrics

MKSI POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where MKSI ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 75.21% of US stocks.
• MKSI's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
• MKSI ranks lowest in Quality; there it ranks in the 13th percentile.

MKSI Stock Summary

• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for MKS INSTRUMENTS INC is higher than it is for about 86.64% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 408.75%, MKS INSTRUMENTS INC's debt growth rate surpasses 95.84% of about US stocks.
• MKS INSTRUMENTS INC's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is -57.82%, greater than the shareholder yield of merely 9.24% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to MKSI, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are ST, ENTG, ACIW, OTEX, and CSGS.
• MKSI's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit MKS INSTRUMENTS INC's official web site, go to www.mksinst.com.

MKSI Valuation Summary

• MKSI's EV/EBIT ratio is 16.8; this is 8.7% lower than that of the median Technology stock.
• MKSI's price/earnings ratio has moved up 43 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MKSI.

MKSI Growth Metrics

Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 128.73%.
• Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 49.59%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 29.37%.

Over the past 49 months, MKSI's revenue has gone up $1,098,533,000.

The table below shows MKSI's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	3,224.9	539.3	429.2
2022-06-30	3,012.8	493.4	555.6
2022-03-31	2,997.7	553.6	572.1
2021-12-31	2,949.6	639.5	551.4
2021-09-30	2,845.9	592.4	516.8
2021-06-30	2,693.8	591.4	476.1

MKSI's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• MKSI has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 62.83% of graded US stocks.
• MKSI's asset turnover comes in at 0.69 -- ranking 31st of 76 Measuring and Control Equipment stocks.
• CLIR, COHU, and THMO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with MKSI.

The table below shows MKSI's key quality metrics over time.