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

MKSI POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where MKSI ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 98.31% of US stocks.
• MKSI's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving up over the last 26 weeks.
• MKSI's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 15.62% of US stocks).

MKSI Stock Summary

• MKSI's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 1.18 -- higher than only 13.23% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of MKS INSTRUMENTS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; only 8.39% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, MKS INSTRUMENTS INC is reporting a growth rate of -322.05%; that's higher than merely 4.07% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to MKS INSTRUMENTS INC, a group of peers worth examining would be ETWO, TDOC, SM, CDLX, and EBS.
• 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 price/sales ratio is 1.5; this is 44.44% lower than that of the median Technology stock.
• Over the past 243 months, MKSI's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 37.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MKSI.

MKSI Growth Metrics

Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 38.05%.
• Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 49.59%.
• Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 27.32%.

MKSI's revenue has moved up $1,676,086,000 over the prior 67 months.

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.