Core Insights - MKS Instruments reported revenue of 935millionforthequarterendedDecember2024,reflectinga4.72.15, significantly higher than the 1.17reportedinthesamequarterlastyear,resultinginanEPSsurpriseof11.981.92 [1] Revenue Breakdown - Semiconductor segment generated net revenues of 400million,exceedingtheaverageestimateof379.55 million by analysts, marking a 10.5% increase year-over-year [4] - Electronics and Packaging segment reported net revenues of 254million,surpassingtheaverageestimateof238.14 million, with a year-over-year growth of 12.4% [4] - Specialty Industrial segment's net revenues were 281million,fallingshortoftheaverageestimateof293.09 million, representing a decline of 7.9% compared to the previous year [4] - Products segment achieved net revenues of 824million,exceedingtheaverageestimateof792.93 million, with a year-over-year increase of 5% [4] - Services segment reported net revenues of 111million,belowtheaverageestimateof118.24 million, but still showing a 2.8% increase year-over-year [4] Stock Performance - Over the past month, MKS Instruments' shares have returned -0.4%, contrasting with the Zacks S&P 500 composite's increase of 4.3% [3] - The stock currently holds a Zacks Rank 3 (Hold), indicating expected performance in line with the broader market in the near term [3]