MKS Instruments (MKSI)$320.62

Market Cap: 5.02 BCurrency: USD

Research Snapshot

Static fundamentals, valuation context, and investor signals for MKS Instruments (MKSI).

TECHNOLOGY

SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS

DCF ready

Valuation

17.6x

EV/FCF, 5.7% FCF yield

Quality

4.3%

ROIC, 12.6% FCF margin

Growth

11.0%

5Y sales (revenue) CAGR

Balance sheet

1.5x

Debt/equity, 2.7x current ratio

Superinvestors

Top: Lee Ainslie (0.0%)

Strengths to research

Revenue compounded at 11.0% over five years.
Free cash flow margin is healthy at 12.6%.
10 annual periods are available for trend analysis.

Watchouts

P/E is elevated at 73.4x.

Annual data: 10 periods

Quarterly data: 24 periods

Stock snapshot: May 25, 2026

Static dataset: May 25, 2026

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for MKSI.

Grade D

/ 100

Peer Comparison

Target stock against 8 market-cap comparable peers.

Heat map: red worst to green best


MKSI Target	MKS Instruments	$5.0B	73.4x	17.6x	4.3%	11.0%	12.6%	46.7%	6.0x	N/A
CGNX	Cognex Corporation	$4.7B	97.2x	18.9x	7.7%	4.2%	23.8%	66.9%	-1.4x	N/A
ST	Sensata Technologies Holding	$3.2B	231.4x	11.2x	0.6%	4.0%	13.2%	N/A	4.6x	N/A
COHR	Coherent Corp.	$11.0B	-726.1x	71.4x	0.5%	19.5%	3.3%	N/A	N/A	N/A
TRMB	Trimble Inc.	$15.3B	32.0x	45.5x	5.9%	2.6%	10.1%	69.1%	1.4x	N/A
TDY	Teledyne Technologies	$22.4B	32.9x	22.9x	6.9%	14.7%	17.6%	N/A	1.7x	N/A
FTV	Fortive Corp.	$23.0B	34.2x	26.4x	5.5%	-2.1%	23.5%	63.5%	2.4x	N/A
KEYS	Keysight Technologies Inc.	$25.5B	70.6x	20.4x	10.1%	5.0%	23.8%	N/A	0.7x	N/A
GRMN	Garmin Ltd.	$36.6B	28.0x	25.2x	18.5%	11.6%	18.8%	58.7%	-1.1x	N/A

Financial Charts

No financial data available for MKSI (annual).

1 superinvestors own MKSI

Current quarter ownership and quarter-over-quarter share changes.

Superinvestor ownership

Fund	Shares	Value	% Portfolio	QoQ Change
Lee Ainslie Maverick Capital	7,286	$2M	0.02%	0.0%