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Company Dossier · Information Technology

MKS Instruments

MKSINasdaqSemiconductor Materials & EquipmentUSLarge cap
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What MKS Instruments is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $4.35 billion, up 16% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.46 billion, down 13% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.18 billion, up 50% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.05 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.85 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Latest annual report (filed February 24, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $3.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 776 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+155 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 6 (4 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

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Credit

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Cash flow

Business

MKS Instruments: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.46BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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MKS Instruments: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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MKS Instruments: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$4.4BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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MKS Instruments: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.05BData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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MKS Instruments: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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MKS Instruments: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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MKS Instruments: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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MKS Instruments: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

3.7Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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MKS Instruments: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.80Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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MKS Instruments: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.85Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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MKS Instruments: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

1.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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MKS Instruments: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

6.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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MKS Instruments: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$3.2MData 22 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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MKS Instruments: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

776.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 6, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: TRIAZINE SILANE COMPOUND AND ITS USAGE AS ADHESION PROMOTORUS 12753194
  2. Oct 6, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: LASER MEASUREMENT APPARATUS HAVING A REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE BEAM DUMPUS 12754069
  3. Sep 8, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: METHOD FOR COPPER-TO-COPPER DIRECT BONDING AND ASSEMBLYUS 12733531
  4. Aug 25, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: PROCESS FOR WET-CHEMICAL FORMATION OF A STABLE TIN OXIDE LAYER FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDSUS 12716133
  5. Aug 25, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: LASER-PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH DEBRIS REMOVAL SYSTEM AND INTEGRATED BEAM DUMP AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAMEUS 12715068
  6. May 12, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  7. May 12, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  8. Apr 6, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  9. Feb 24, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  10. Feb 5, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  11. May 15, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  12. May 15, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  13. Feb 25, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 2 removed
  14. Jan 24, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  15. Nov 5, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  16. Feb 27, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Teradyne TER$4.5B$0.8BJun 28, 2026
Qnity Electronics Q$5.2B$0.8BJun 30, 2026
Advanced Energy AEIS$2.0B$0.1BJun 30, 2026
Onto Innovation ONTO$1.1B$0.3BJun 30, 2026
Akamai Technologies AKAM$4.3B$1.0BJun 30, 2026
Everpure P$4.3B$0.1BAug 2, 2026
Fabrinet FN$4.6B$0.0BJun 26, 2026
Skyworks Solutions SWKS$4.0B$0.4BJul 3, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1049502

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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