Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: AMAT stock price vs MKSI: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at MKSI's multiple
Needs MKSI P/E.
Implied fair value · at AMAT's multiple
Needs AMAT P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
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Trendline
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Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE · implied price per share
Bear
$93.19
Base
$109.17
Bull
$129.97
MKS INC. · implied price per share
Bear
$12.57
Base
$24.69
Bull
$40.47
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe AMAT can sustain its superior margins and ROIC while narrowing the gap to the DCF range through earnings growth and multiple normalization, then a selective long view is reasonable because AMAT’s operating quality and balance sheet are much stronger than MKSI’s despite the mixed valuation signals.
On the provided P/E basis, AMAT’s implied price of $614.29 suggests 18.5% upside from $518.21, but that sits against a very wide valuation dispersion. AMAT trades at 59.8x P/E versus MKSI at 70.9x, yet AMAT is also more expensive on P/S, EV/EBITDA, and EV/Revenue, indicating the market is paying up for AMAT’s stronger quality profile.
Supporting Metrics
