MKS (MKSI) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
Model-generated analysis — not investment advice. Not a registered investment advisor. Past performance does not guarantee future results. How we score · Full disclosure
Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.30
- Estimate
- $2.96
- Surprise
- +11.4%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.9 → 5.8/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
MKS (MKSI) beat the $2.96 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.30 — a large 11.4% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Sell (5.9/10) to Hold at 5.8/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates MKSI Sell at 6.3/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +11.4% surprise compares with a +6.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: international revenues (81.0%)
- Concentration risk — Supplier: sole or limited source suppliers
- Risk below floor (2.9 < 3.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $228.52
- Price target
- $354.96
- Stop
- $212.52
- Upside to target
- +55.3%
- Reward-to-risk
- 5.0:1
The stock trades at 37.3× trailing but 13.4× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-16 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
MKSI at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Scientific & Technical Instruments
- Market cap
- $15.86B
- P/E (fwd)
- 13.4
- P/E (ttm)
- 37.3
- 52-week range
- $130.72–$447.62
- Off 52-week high
- 48.9%
- RSI (14)
- 32
- Volume vs avg
- 1.79×
- Score today
- 6.3/10