All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2023-02-27.
From the record
MKS Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-02-27) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+13.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
MKS Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.3 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 13.1% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 4.2% a year. 15% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 45 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, MKS Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 15% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 45 sales (18 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 69%: owes 69¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, MKS Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 69 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 37% of 17 in its family; net margin 7.5%.
From the record
MKS Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 34% by size; a net margin of 7.5% ranks in the top 38%; revenue growth of 3.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 38% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 34% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.
From the record
MKS Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lee, John Tseng-Chung (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-01-28, 6.8 years (top 43% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (bottom 35%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 11%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 33% of 17 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
MKS Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $418 million against debt of $4.2 billion leaves -42.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 3% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.6% of revenue (bottom 44%); a gross margin of 46.7% (top 50%); research spending of 7.6% of revenue (bottom 37%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 44% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
MKS Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 3.5% a year over the last three filed years against 13.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 9% of its family); the newest year grew 9.6% (top 21%); research spending grew 7.5% a year (top 22%); capital spending grew -3.4% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). MKS Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Semiconductor at $1.7 billion (43%), Specialty Industrial at $1.1 billion (29%), Electronics and Packaging at $1.1 billion (28%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 19% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
MKS Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9% above the $3.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 37% of its family); net income of $295 million against a prior three-year average of $439 million (top 3%); a net margin of 7.5% against -12% before (top 17%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made