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MKS price to free cash flow MKSI

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
29.2×
10-year median
18.7×
Against its 10-year history
86th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
9.9× to 68.3×
Peer median
34.2×

MKS' price to free cash flow is 29.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 18.7×, higher than on 86% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.9× in Apr 2025 to 68.3× in Jun 2026.

The median for 10 electronic components stocks of a similar size is 34.2×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far29.2×21.3×68.3×
202520.8×9.9×20.8×
202416.5×15.6×39.0×
202332.1×14.3×32.1×
202213.8×10.2×19.9×
202119.2×15.8×28.0×
202022.8×19.2×30.6×
201926.0×11.7×26.5×
201811.2×10.4×21.0×
201717.0×14.7×26.7×
201620.6×13.9×23.2×
201516.4×14.4×21.6×
201422.1×19.6×32.7×
201332.1×9.3×36.4×
20128.9×7.5×11.1×
20118.2×6.7×8.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Hardware, Equipment & Parts nearest MKS' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
MKSIMKS29.2×
FTVFortive19.1×
CGNXCognex34.8×
AEISAdvanced Energy Industries100×
TTMITTM Technologiesn/m
SANMSanmina14.0×
VICRVicor158×
FLEXFlex34.2×
JBLJabil22.0×
TDYTeledyne Technologies25.4×
CLSCelestica57.6×
Peer median34.2×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.