On June 30, MKS Instruments rose 5.03% in regular trading, trading at $436.785 per share, with turnover of $50.35 million. The semiconductor equipment sector extended its collective rebound for a second consecutive session.
On the news front, KeyBanc significantly raised its price target on MKS Instruments, citing memory giants' capacity expansion as fueling a semiconductor equipment boom cycle. The sector rally was broad-based, with KLA up 5.17%, Lam Research up 4.82%, ASML up 3.76%, and Applied Materials up 3.37%. The upgrade comes on the back of MKS's strong Q1 results, where revenue grew 15.2% year-over-year to $1.08 billion and adjusted EPS of $2.30 beat estimates by 12.75%. The company's Q2 guidance midpoint exceeded consensus by approximately 22%.
Additionally, MKS recently announced a $25 million investment to expand its Atotech manufacturing site in Guangzhou, China, targeting a doubling of production capacity by Q4 of 2027, and opened its MKS Supercenter Factory in Penang, Malaysia, representing a strategic investment of over 400 million Malaysian ringgit upon full completion.
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