Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. MKS Inc shares valued at $27,630 were sold by Moloney Jacqueline F on Aug 01 ’25. At $92.10 per share, Moloney Jacqueline F sold 300 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 11,862 shares worth approximately $1.18 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Moloney Jacqueline F purchased 300 shares, netting a total of over 27,630 in proceeds.
Before that, Schreiner James Alan had sold 957 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $98,035, the EVP & COO, MSD traded MKS Inc shares for $102.44 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 957 shares, worth approximately $2.26 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Goldman on July 10, 2025, MKS Inc [MKSI] has been a Sell and the price target has been revised to $90. Analysts at Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of January 06, 2025, Citigroup has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for MKSI. Earlier on December 13, 2024, JP Morgan initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for MKSI stock.
Analyzing MKSI Stock Performance
On last trading session, MKS Inc [NASDAQ: MKSI] rose 0.05% to $99.42. The stock’s lowest price that day was $97.79, but it reached a high of $99.69 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.07%. Over the course of the year, MKS Inc shares have dropped approximately -17.41%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $125.33 on 01/22/25 and a 52-week low of $54.84 on 04/04/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for MKS Inc (MKSI)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 98.24, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 97.07. In the upper region, resistance lies at 100.14. The next price resistance is at 100.87. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 49.83 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is MKS Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of MKS Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-31 dropping by -0.42 million shares to 3.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 4.14 million shares. A decline of -11.26% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.02 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.02.
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In terms of MKS Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 135 in the next 12 months, up nearly 35.86% from the previous closing price of $99.37. Analysts anticipate MKS Inc stock to reach 230 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 80. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked MKS Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 16, 2024, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $120.
