As of today (2024-04-18), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of MKS Instruments is 0.78%.
As of today (2024-04-18), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of MKS Instruments is 0.78%.
MKSI's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 86.39% of 1352
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 2.54
vs MKSI: 0.78
MKS Instruments's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.22.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of MKS Instruments was 5.60% per year. The lowest was 2.00% per year. And the median was 3.20% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, MKS Instruments's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
MKS Instruments Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, MKS Instruments's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MKS Instruments's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
MKS Instruments Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.220
2024-02-23
2024-02-26
2024-03-08
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.220
2023-11-24
2023-11-27
2023-12-08
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.220
2023-08-25
2023-08-28
2023-09-08
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.220
2023-05-26
2023-05-30
2023-06-09
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
MKS Instruments's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.88
/
114.22
=
0.77 %
Current Share Price is $114.22.
MKS Instruments's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.22 * 4 = $0.88.
MKS Instruments's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.88
/
114.22
=
0.77 %
Current Share Price is $114.22.
MKS Instruments's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.88.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
MKS Instruments Forward Dividend Yield % Related Terms
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MKS Instruments (MKS Instruments) Business Description
MKS Instruments Inc is engaged in providing instruments, subsystems, and process control systems used to measure, monitor, deliver, and control parameters of manufacturing processes. The company's product portfolio includes instruments, components, and systems required in manufacturing products such as flat panel displays, medical devices, and electronic materials, among others used in industrial technologies, semiconductor, life and health sciences, and research and defense markets. The company organizes itself into three reportable business segments: Vacuum Solutions, Photonics Solutions, and Materials Solutions. The Vacuum Solutions segment contributes to roughly half of the company's revenue, and the majority of its revenue is earned in the United States.
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