ENTITY · mks_instruments
MKS InstrumentsMKSI
United States·subsystems components·major·$27.4B mkt cap
Key subsystem supplier: RF power, vacuum gauges, lasers and optics.
CLEAR · 0–39
31/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis
CLEAR — MKS Instruments: sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance compounded by criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs in subsystems components. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.
Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration3
Sole-Source Dependence74
Sanctions Exposure0
Downstream Criticality60
Sanctions Exposure
Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).
DoD Exposure
No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
- GlobalFoundries · 1 hop · $1.05BMKS Instruments → GlobalFoundries
- Marvell Technology · 2 hops · $184.3MMKS Instruments → TSMC → Marvell Technology
- Valens Semiconductor · 2 hops · $28.3MMKS Instruments → TSMC → Valens Semiconductor
- Scale AI · 3 hops · $105.6MMKS Instruments → TSMC → NVIDIA → Scale AI
Possible substitutes · same commodity buckets
Chokepoint Relationships
Key Suppliers · upstream · 0
No mapped upstream suppliers.
Key Customers · downstream · 13
- Applied MaterialsUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Lam ResearchUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Tokyo ElectronJapanALLIED
- ASMLNetherlandsALLIED
- KLAUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SCREEN HoldingsJapanALLIED
- TSMCTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- Samsung ElectronicsSouth KoreaALLIED
- IntelUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SK hynixSouth KoreaALLIED
- Micron TechnologyUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SMICChinaHostileADVERSARY
- GlobalFoundriesUnited StatesDOMESTIC