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MKSIStockMKS Instruments, Inc.

Nasdaq Global Select Market · Technology · US

$214.83 last close 2026-10-16
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Sharia status
COMPLIANT
Per our secondary compliance provider · assessed 2026-08-12
1 of 7 pass our own screen — the standards disagree
HTR non-permissible income 0.36%
🕌Open research, not a fatwa — verify with your own scholar.

Trade setup

Whether the technical picture shows an edge right now. Separate from the Sharia verdict, which this side never overrides.

SEPARATE FROM SHARIAH
🔴 AVOID
The main driver: lagging the market by 13.9%, insider selling on the open market. Too many signals pointing the...
Scores: 1 bullish / 4 bearish
42
of 100
Setup confidence — system conviction, not win probabilityD

Why this signal?

The factors behind the read, each shown with the figure it rests on, including the ones pointing the other way.

Structure0 of 5 timeframes bullish · 73.9% aligned
VWAPPrice below VWAP ($233.27)
VolumeRelative volume 6.0× the 20-day average
Momentum10-day rate of change -21.0%
Overall readAVOID

MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI) is currently considered halal (Sharia-compliant), per our secondary compliance provider (last assessed 2026-08-12). See the full ratio breakdown and business-activity screen below for the reasoning.

This sits among 452 compliant Technology stocks we track. See compliant Technology stocks →

Market & analysts
Wall Street consensus
BUY
20 analysts
Institutional own.
106.8% *
of shares
Momentum (10d)
-21.0%
rate of change
SMC grade
D · 42
73.9% aligned
0.36%
Non-permissible income — HTR, from filings (2025-12-31)
D · 42
SMC grade — 73.9% timeframe alignment
-21.0%
Rate of change (10d)
BUY
Wall Street consensus (20)
106.8%
Institutional ownership *

🕌 In-house Compliance Research

Computed from published company financials, balance sheet as of 2026-06-30. MKSI files no SEC reports, so these ratios come from the issuer's own published statements rather than XBRL.

Business activity: cleared (no excluded categories detected)

AAOIFI Pass

RatioValueThresholdResult
Interest-bearing debt 22.40% 30.00% Pass
Interest-bearing investments 3.47% 30.00% Pass
Non-permissible income 0.36% 5.00% Pass

Usmani Fail

RatioValueThresholdResult
Interest-bearing debt 44.10% 33.00% Fail
Interest-bearing investments 6.83% 33.00% Pass
Non-liquid assets 83.88% at least 20.00% Pass
Non-permissible income 0.36% 5.00% Pass

MSCI Fail

RatioValueThresholdResult
Interest-bearing debt 44.10% 33.33% Fail
Cash + interest-bearing securities 6.83% 33.33% Pass
Accounts receivable 16.12% 33.33% Pass
Non-permissible income 0.36% 5.00% Pass

FTSE Fail

RatioValueThresholdResult
Interest-bearing debt 44.10% 33.33% Fail
Cash + interest-bearing securities 6.83% 33.33% Pass
Accounts receivable 16.12% 50.00% Pass
Non-permissible income 0.36% 5.00% Pass

Dow Jones Islamic Market Pass

Scored against a trailing-average market cap (24-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.

RatioValueThresholdResult
Interest-bearing debt 27.47% 33.00% Pass
Cash + interest-bearing securities 4.26% 33.00% Pass
Accounts receivable 5.78% 33.00% Pass
Non-permissible income 0.36% 5.00% Pass

S&P Shariah Pass

Scored against a trailing-average market cap (36-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.

RatioValueThresholdResult
Interest-bearing debt 31.43% 33.00% Pass
Cash + interest-bearing securities 4.87% 49.00% Pass
Accounts receivable 6.62% 49.00% Pass
Non-permissible income 0.36% 5.00% Pass

MSCI M-Series Pass

Scored against a trailing-average market cap (36-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.

RatioValueThresholdResult
Interest-bearing debt 31.43% 33.33% Pass
Cash + interest-bearing securities 4.87% 33.33% Pass
Accounts receivable 11.49% 49.00% Pass
Non-permissible income 0.36% 5.00% Pass

Research only, not investment advice. Thresholds are each standard-setter's published limits; a ratio marked “at least” is a floor, not a ceiling.

How close is it to flipping?

Every current reading against its own line, closest first. A verdict is only as durable as that distance.

S&P Shariah Indices (% of 36-mo avg market cap)debt ratio 1.6pts
MSCI Islamic M-Series (% of 36-mo avg market cap)debt ratio 1.9pts
AAOIFI Standard 21 (% of market cap)non permissible income ratio 4.6pts
Usmani (% of total assets)debt ratio 11.1pts
MSCI Islamic Index (% of total assets)debt ratio 10.8pts
FTSE Shariah Global Equity Index Series (% of total assets)debt ratio 10.8pts

The numbers the ratios are built from

Read from MKSI's own filings. Every percentage on this page is one of these lines divided by another, so the inputs are shown rather than asserted.

LineFigureAs reportedRead from
RevenueTotal revenue for the period $3.9B 2025-12-31 RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
Interest-bearing debtShort and long-term borrowings $3.9B 2026-06-30 LongTermDebt, ShortTermBorrowings
Cash and interest-bearing securitiesCash, equivalents and marketable securities $611.0M 2026-06-30 CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents
Total assetsBalance sheet total $8.9B 2026-06-30 Assets
Market capDenominator for AAOIFI $17.6B live quote price x shares
36-month average market capDenominator for S&P Shariah and MSCI M-Series $9.9B 756 trading days closes x shares
24-month average market capDenominator for Dow Jones Islamic Market $11.2B 504 trading days closes x shares
Non-permissible revenueInterest and excluded income $14.0M 2025-12-31 InterestAndOtherIncome

Two dates, not one: a balance-sheet line and an income-statement line cover different windows by design, so each figure carries its own.

What changed, and when

Verdict history for MKSI. A verdict that never moved is recorded too, so a quiet history reads as measured rather than missing.

  • 2026-09-07 No change recorded No verdict change for MKSI has been recorded since tracking began. The scan ledger records that the compliance detectors ran, not which symbols each pass covered.

ℹ️ no compliance scan has run for 6 days - this is not a reading of today

Tracked investors holding MKSI
InvestorFirmPositionWeightAs of
Ray Dalio Bridgewater Associates $12M 0.0% 2026-06-30

From the most recent 13F on file. A 13F reports long US equity positions quarterly and in arrears — it is what a manager held on the report date, not what they hold today.

444.39366.75289.12211.49133.862025-10-202026-04-212026-10-16

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Support & Resistance
S3
198.84
S2
205.59
S1
217.06
PIVOT
223.81
R1
235.28
R2
242.03
R3
253.50

Classic floor-trader pivots from the last completed daily bar. Highlighted pills are the levels bracketing the current price.

Price Forecast

The range is measured volatility (ATR over the horizon), not a target — a wider band means a more volatile asset, not a stronger view. The direction is the indicator tally below. Every forecast is recorded when made and scored against the real price when it comes due, including the wrong ones. Not a recommendation, and not a fatwa.

7-day expected range
231.76 – 289.88
±11.14% from 260.82, made 2026-09-26 · resolves 2026-10-03
SELL
from 19 indicators
61.9% of our last 5789 forecasts landed inside their stated range, and 49.9% called the direction correctly.

Technical Summary

Standard indicator thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20, MACD histogram sign, price vs. average) computed on daily bars. A summary of what common indicators say — not a recommendation, and not this site's own trading verdict.

STRONG SELL
19 indicators
OscillatorsBUY
4 buy · 0 neutral · 3 sell
Moving averagesSTRONG SELL
0 buy · 0 neutral · 12 sell
Every indicator, and what it reads
IndicatorValueSignal
RSI (14)28.00BUY
Stochastic %K (14)3.35BUY
CCI (20)-224.05BUY
Williams %R (14)-96.65BUY
MACD (12,26,9)-4.77SELL
ROC (10)-23.04SELL
Momentum (10)-64.32SELL
EMA (10)244.89SELL
SMA (10)253.53SELL
EMA (20)253.31SELL
SMA (20)258.71SELL
EMA (30)258.63SELL
SMA (30)256.52SELL
EMA (50)268.71SELL
SMA (50)266.26SELL
EMA (100)278.54SELL
SMA (100)305.84SELL
EMA (200)254.01SELL
SMA (200)276.38SELL

About MKS Instruments, Inc.

Technology · Scientific & Technical Instruments

MKS Inc. provides foundational technology solutions to semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications in the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and internationally. The company operates through Vacuum Solutions Division (VSD), Photonics Solutions Division (PSD), and Material Solutions Division (MSD) segments. Its VSD segment provides foundational technology solutions, including pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, electronic control technology, reactive gas generation and delivery, power generation and delivery, and fiber optic temperature and position sensing. The PSD segment offers range of solutions, which include lasers, photonics, optics, precision motion control, and vibration control. Its MSD segment develops, process, and manufactures technologies comprising advanced surface modification, electroless and electrolytic plating, and surface finishing for chemistry, equipment, and services markets, as well as high-technology applications. In addition, the company sells its products and services through direct sales, network of independent distributors, and sales representatives, as well as websites, including product catalogs. MKS Inc. was formerly known as MKS Instruments, Inc. and changed its name to MKS Inc. in May 2025. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is based in Andover, Massachusetts.

mks.com ↗

Background via Yahoo Finance — informational, not part of the verdict.

Verdict

🔴 AVOID

The main driver: lagging the market by 13.9%, insider selling on the open market. Too many signals pointing the wrong way. Wait for the picture to improve before committing capital.

Scores: 1 bullish / 4 bearish

Grade verdict

Weak — low conviction, small size or skip

SMC — Top Down

Market structure by timeframe, read from real bars. A bias per timeframe rather than a forecast — timeframes disagreeing is information, not noise.

TimeframeBiasBars
📅 Daily BEARISH 64
⏰ 4H RANGING 37
🕐 1H BEARISH 98
⏱ 15-Min BEARISH 130
⏲ 5-Min BEARISH 234

Momentum & Volume

Rate of change and relative volume against this symbol's own recent history. Momentum describes what price has done; it is not a claim about what it will do.

-21.0%
Rate of change (10d)
6.0×
Volume vs its 20-day average
-8.59
MACD (no fresh cross)

Peer Movement

How the rest of the sector moved over the same window. Context for a price move, never a cause of one.

Peer movement computing — it will appear here on its own.

Before you act on this

The questions worth asking about any verdict on this page, answered plainly.

Is this a fatwa?

No. HTR applies published screening standards to a company's own filings and shows the result under each one. It is research, not a religious ruling. For a ruling that applies to you, ask a qualified scholar.

Why can the standards disagree?

Because they measure different things. Some divide interest-bearing debt by market cap, others by total assets, and the thresholds differ too. The same filing can clear one line and cross another. HTR shows every verdict rather than averaging them into one label.

How often is this re-screened?

Ratios are recomputed when a new filing lands, and the whole watchlist is re-screened on a rolling basis. The date on the verdict above is the last time this symbol was actually recomputed, not the last time the page was built.

Do I need to purify dividends?

If a company earns some non-permissible income, many scholars hold that the same share of any dividend should be given away. The non-permissible income figure above is the number that calculation starts from — the purification calculator finishes it, showing the filing figures behind the ratio and both the proportional and the AAOIFI per-share convention.

Open research, not a fatwa. HTR applies published screening standards to filings and publishes what they say, including when they disagree. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Verdicts can change when new filings land.

Compare with

Same screen, different answers. Comparison is where the standards disagreeing becomes useful rather than confusing.

Peer screening computing — it will appear here on its own.

Insider Activity (90d)

Insider transactions reported in the last ninety days. Insiders sell for reasons that have nothing to do with a view, so a sale on its own is not a signal.

CLUSTER SELL   0 buys · 4 sells

Recent: Schreiner James Alan sold 20230 sh @ $345.52 (2026-06-12); Schreiner James Alan sold 19418 sh @ $346.41 (2026-06-12); Schreiner James Alan sold 19201 sh @ $347.00 (2026-06-12)

COT Positioning — E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE

The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the broad market it tracks, not for this symbol. Positioning context for the tape — it says nothing about this company.

NEUTRAL   report date 2026-10-13

AI Summary

Plain-language summary of the evidence already on this page — the Sharia screen, structure, momentum, and order flow above. It explains the read; it doesn't make the call. Generated on demand (a live AI call), never run automatically.

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