Seth Bagshaw, EVP, CFO & Treasurer of MKS Instruments Inc (MKSI, Financial), executed a sale of 32,865 shares in the company on February 22, 2024, according to a SEC Filing. The transaction was carried out at an average price of $123.28 per share, resulting in a total value of $4,052,792.20.
MKS Instruments Inc is a global provider of instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions that measure, control, power, monitor, and analyze critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes to improve process performance and productivity. The company's products are used in a wide range of industries including semiconductors, industrial manufacturing, life sciences, and research.
Over the past year, the insider has sold a total of 57,865 shares of MKS Instruments Inc and has not made any purchases. The recent sale by Seth Bagshaw represents a continuation of this selling trend.
The insider transaction history for MKS Instruments Inc indicates a pattern of more insider sales than buys over the past year, with 1 insider buy and 15 insider sells recorded.
On the date of the insider's recent transaction, shares of MKS Instruments Inc were trading at $123.28, giving the company a market capitalization of $8.199 billion.
The stock's price of $123.28 compared to the GuruFocus Value (GF Value) of $105.58 suggests that MKS Instruments Inc is currently trading at a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.17, indicating the stock is modestly overvalued.
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