On August 7, MKS Instruments rose 5.01% in regular trading, trading at $308.23/share, with turnover of $34.80 million. The stock rebounded after a 7.67% decline in the prior session triggered by profit-taking.

On the news front, Morgan Stanley adjusted its price target to $439 from $442, maintaining its Overweight rating, signaling continued institutional bullishness. The rebound was underpinned by the company's robust Q2 results released earlier this week, with adjusted EPS of $3.30 beating the consensus estimate of $2.96 by 11.49%, representing 86.44% year-over-year growth. Revenue came in at $1.248 billion versus $1.206 billion expected, up 28.4% year-over-year. Q3 guidance also exceeded expectations, with projected adjusted EPS of $3.58 on revenue of $1.35 billion.

The broader semiconductor equipment sector saw capital inflows, with KLA Corporation up 3.75%, Applied Materials up 2.96%, and Lam Research up 2.15%, collectively reinforcing the rebound momentum.

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