MKS Instruments, Inc. is a global provider of instruments, systems, subsystems and process control solutions that measure, monitor, deliver, analyze, power and control critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes to improve process performance and productivity for our customers. Our products are derived from our core competencies in pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, electronic control technology, reactive gas generation and delivery, power generation and delivery, vacuum technology, lasers, photonics, optics, precision motion control, vibration control and laser-based manufacturing systems solutions. We also provide services relating to the maintenance and repair of our products, installation services and training. Our primary served markets include semiconductor, industrial technologies, life and health sciences, research and defense.

Company profile
Ticker
MKSI
Exchange
Website
CEO
John Lee
Employees
Incorporated
Location
Fiscal year end
Sector
Industry (SIC)
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Corporate docs
Subsidiaries
Atotech Manufacturing, Inc. • Beijing Newport Spectra-Physics Technologies Co., Ltd. • Electro Scientific Industries Europe Ltd • Electro Scientific Industries GmbH • Electro Scientific Industries Singapore Pte. Ltd. • Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. • ESI China, Inc. • ESI Electronic Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. • ESI International Corporation • ESI Japan, K.K. ...
IRS number
42277512
MKSI stock data
News

$1.5 Million Bet On Global Water Resources? 4 Stocks Insiders Are Buying
3 Aug 22
Needham Maintains Buy on MKS Instruments, Raises Price Target to $135
29 Jul 22
MKS Instruments: Q2 Earnings Insights
27 Jul 22
MKS Instruments Earlier Reported Q2 EPS $2.59 Beats $2.30 Estimate, Sales $765.00M Beat $733.55M Estimate
27 Jul 22
Earnings Scheduled For July 27, 2022
27 Jul 22
Press releases
MKS Instruments and Atotech Receive China Antitrust Clearance for Pending Acquisition of Atotech
28 Jul 22
MKS Instruments Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
27 Jul 22
Shapeways Expands Board of Directors With Appointment of Digital Industry Veteran Raj Batra as Independent Director
6 Jul 22
Analyst ratings and price targets
Current price
Average target
$123.33
Low target
$110.00
High target
$135.00
Needham
Maintains
$135.00
Deutsche Bank
Maintains
$125.00
Wells Fargo
Maintains
$110.00
Calendar
3 Aug 22
12 Aug 22
31 Dec 22
Financial summary
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Recent insider trades
Date | Owner | Security | Transaction | Code | Indirect | 10b5-1 | $Price | #Shares | $Value | #Remaining |
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1 Aug 22 | Colella Gerard G | Common Stock | Buy | Acquire P | Yes | No | 117.51 | 1,000 | 117.51K | 99,017 |
1 Aug 22 | Peter Cannone Iii | Common Stock | Buy | Acquire P | No | No | 120.056 | 250 | 30.01K | 3,141.837 |
10 May 22 | Colella Gerard G | Common Stock | Gift | Dispose G | Yes | No | 0 | 130 | 0 | 96,870 |
10 May 22 | Colella Gerard G | Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 0 | 1,745.048 | 0 | 2,893.684 |
10 May 22 | Batra Raj | Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 0 | 1,745.048 | 0 | 8,975.096 |
10 May 22 | Peter Cannone Iii | Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 0 | 1,745.048 | 0 | 2,891.837 |
Institutional ownership, Q1 2022
95.9% owned by funds/institutions
13F holders | Current |
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Total holders | 391 |
Opened positions | 49 |
Closed positions | 54 |
Increased positions | 152 |
Reduced positions | 117 |
13F shares | Current |
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Total value | 8.02B |
Total shares | 53.45M |
Total puts | 200K |
Total calls | 69.3K |
Total put/call ratio | 2.9 |
Largest owners | Shares | Value |
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Vanguard | 5.29M | $793.05M |
BLK Blackrock | 5.23M | $784.28M |
Capital International Investors | 4.71M | $706.96M |
Wellington Management | 4.64M | $696.32M |
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.19M | $327.94M |
Victory Capital Management | 1.66M | $248.9M |
GS Goldman Sachs | 1.52M | $227.98M |
STT State Street | 1.47M | $219.85M |
Amundi | 1.38M | $174.69M |
ATAC Neuberger Berman | 1.25M | $188.05M |
Financial report summary
?Competition
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- We may be unable to complete our pending acquisition of Atotech Limited, or Atotech, or otherwise realize the benefits of the acquisition of Atotech, which could have a material adverse effect on us, and we are exposed to significant risks relating to the acquisition of Atotech.
- We face significant risks associated with doing business internationally.
- Unfavorable currency exchange rate fluctuations may lead to lower operating margins or may cause us to change customer pricing, which could result in reduced sales and losses.
- Our business depends significantly on capital spending in the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries, which are characterized by periodic fluctuations that may cause a reduction in demand for our products.
- Many of the markets and industries we serve are highly competitive, are subject to rapid technological advancement, and have narrow design windows, and if we fail to introduce new and innovative products or improve our existing products, or if our products or the applications we invest in do not achieve widespread adoption, our business, financial condition and operating results will be harmed.
- We offer products for multiple markets and must face the challenges of supporting the distinct needs of each of the markets we serve.
- Supply chain disruptions or other manufacturing interruptions or delays could affect our ability to meet customer demand and lead to higher costs, while the failure to estimate customer demand accurately could result in excess or obsolete inventory.
- Our dependence on sole and limited source suppliers and international suppliers could affect our ability to manufacture products and systems.
- Our failure to successfully manage the transition of certain of our products to other manufacturing locations and/or to contract manufacturers would likely harm our business, financial condition and operating results.
- Our products could contain defects, which would increase our costs and seriously harm our business, financial condition, operating results and customer relationships.
- We outsource a number of services to third-party service providers, which decreases our control over the performance of these functions. Disruptions or delays at our third-party service providers could adversely impact our operations.
- The loss of net revenues from any one of our major customers would likely have a material adverse effect on us.
- Key personnel may be difficult to attract and retain.
- We are subject to international trade compliance regulations, and violations of those regulations could result in fines or trade restrictions, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
- Changes in tax rates or tax regulation or the termination of tax incentives could affect our operating results.
- We are subject to environmental regulations. If we fail to comply with these regulations, our business could be harmed.
- Our proprietary technology is important to the continued success of our business. Our failure to protect this proprietary technology may significantly impair our competitive position.
- Our quarterly operating results have fluctuated, and are likely to continue to vary significantly, which may result in volatility in the market price of our common stock.
- The market price of our common stock has fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate for reasons over which we have no control.
- We may not pay dividends on our common stock.
- Some provisions of our restated articles of organization, as amended, our amended and restated by-laws and Massachusetts law could discourage potential acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control.
Management Discussion
- The Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A, describes principal factors affecting the results of our operations, financial condition, cash flows and liquidity, as well as our critical accounting policies and estimates that require significant judgment and thus have the most significant potential impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements, and is intended to better allow investors to view the Company from management’s perspective. This section focuses on material events and uncertainties known to management that are reasonably likely to cause reported financial information not to be necessarily indicative of our future operating results or of our future financial condition. This section provides an analysis of our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. For the discussion and analysis covering the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019, please refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the SEC on February 23, 2021.
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Financial reports
Current reports
8-K
Other Events
28 Jul 22
8-K
MKS Instruments Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
27 Jul 22
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
11 May 22
8-K
MKS Instruments Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
26 Apr 22
8-K
Regulation FD Disclosure
5 Apr 22
8-K
MKS Instruments Provides Update on Pending Acquisition of Atotech
1 Apr 22
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
11 Feb 22
8-K
MKS Instruments Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2021 Financial Results
26 Jan 22
8-K
MKS Instruments and Atotech Provide Update on Pending Acquisition of Atotech
14 Dec 21
8-K
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
29 Oct 21
Registration and prospectus
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
10 May 22
425
Business combination disclosure
8 Mar 21
425
Business combination disclosure
17 Feb 21
425
Business combination disclosure
15 Feb 21
425
Business combination disclosure
8 Feb 21
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
1 Feb 19
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
28 Apr 16
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
6 May 14
SC TO-I/A
Issuer tender offer statement (amended)
31 Aug 09
SC TO-I/A
Issuer tender offer statement (amended)
27 Aug 09
Proxies
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
31 Mar 22
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
26 Mar 21
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
8 Apr 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
27 Mar 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
30 Apr 19
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
28 Mar 19
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
28 Mar 19
Other
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
25 May 22
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
27 May 21
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
29 May 20
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
30 May 19
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
30 May 18
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
29 May 17
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
30 Apr 17
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
27 Apr 17
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
18 Apr 17
CT ORDER
Confidential treatment order
4 Jan 17
Ownership
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / PETER CANNONE III ownership change
2 Aug 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / GERARD G COLELLA ownership change
2 Aug 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / Michelle M Warner ownership change
11 May 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / Elizabeth Mora ownership change
11 May 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / Jacqueline F Moloney ownership change
11 May 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / Joseph B Donahue ownership change
11 May 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / PETER CANNONE III ownership change
11 May 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / Raj Batra ownership change
11 May 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / GERARD G COLELLA ownership change
11 May 22
4
MKS INSTRUMENTS / Eric Robert Taranto ownership change
2 May 22
Patents
Utility
Microwave System for Microwave-Assisted Surface Chemistry Annealing of ALD Processes Utilizing Microwave Radiation Energy
4 Aug 22
A microwave system for use within a microwave-assisted thermal atomic layer deposition system is disclosed which include at least one microwave generator configured to output at least one microwave signal, at least one waveguide assembly in communication with the at least one microwave generator and configured to receive the microwave signal, one or more isolators positioned within the waveguide assembly and configured to reduce or eliminate backscatter of the microwave signal from the waveguide assembly to the at least one microwave generator, at least one tuning device in positioned within the waveguide assembly and configured receive the microwave signal from the isolator and tune the microwave signal, and at least one microwave delivery device in communication with the waveguide assembly and configured to direct at least a portion of the microwave signal into at least one processing chamber of the microwave-assisted thermal atomic layer deposition system.
Utility
Method and apparatus for pulse gas delivery
2 Aug 22
In a pulse gas delivery system, a chamber is pre-charged to a prescribed pressure through an upstream valve.
Utility
Load-Lock Gauge
21 Jul 22
A load lock pressure gauge comprises a housing configured to be coupled to a load lock vacuum chamber.
Utility
Monitoring Radical Particle Concentration Using Mass Spectrometry
23 Jun 22
A monitoring system detects and measures a quantity of radical particles within a gas.
Utility
Polymer composite vacuum components
21 Jun 22
A gauge having a housing formed of a polymer material and one or more electrical feedthrough pins disposed in the housing.
Transcripts
2022 Q2
Earnings call transcript
28 Jul 22
2022 Q1
Earnings call transcript
27 Apr 22
2021 Q4
Earnings call transcript
27 Jan 22
2021 Q3
Earnings call transcript
28 Oct 21
2021 Q2
Earnings call transcript
29 Jul 21
2021 Q1
Earnings call transcript
27 Apr 21
2020 Q4
Earnings call transcript
28 Jan 21
2020 Q3
Earnings call transcript
28 Oct 20
2020 Q2
Earnings call transcript
30 Jul 20
2020 Q1
Earnings call transcript
29 Apr 20
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