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MKS Instruments MKSI Free cash flow yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.1B+15.2%
Gross profit$507.0M+14.2%
Operating income$149.0M+34.2%
Net income$84.0M+61.5%
EPS (diluted)$1.18+53.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$569.0M-13.1%
Total debt$4.0B-9.8%
Total equity$2.8B+19.4%
Total assets$8.7B+2.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$53.0M-62.4%
CapEx$25.0M+38.9%
Free cash flow$28.0M-77.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$25.08B+186%
Enterprise value$28.56B+105%
P/E76.7×+38.3×
P/S6.2×+3.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin46.7%-0.9pp
Operating margin13.9%+0.1pp
Net margin8%+1.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity12.7%+3.1pp
Debt / equity1.4×-0.5×
Current ratio1.1×-2.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from MKS Instruments’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: MKS Instruments’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is MKS Instruments's free cash flow yield?
MKS Instruments (MKSI) reported free cash flow yield of 2.6% in Q1 2026.
How has MKS Instruments's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
MKS Instruments's free cash flow yield decreased by 71.0% year-over-year, from 9% to 2.6%.
What is the long-term trend for MKS Instruments's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), MKS Instruments's free cash flow yield has grown at a 7.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 21.3% to 28%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.