Plato Investment Management Ltd Purchases 7,893 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Plato Investment Management Ltd boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 210.9% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 11,636 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 7,893 shares during the period. Plato Investment Management Ltd’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $1,900,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 16.6% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,790,100 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,814,195,000 after acquiring an additional 2,675,148 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 1,224.5% in the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,991,884 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $298,324,000 after acquiring an additional 1,841,494 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 310.2% in the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 415,782 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $68,130,000 after acquiring an additional 314,420 shares in the last quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 49.4% in the 1st quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 935,490 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $140,120,000 after acquiring an additional 309,345 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boston Partners increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 7.7% in the 1st quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,263,417 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $636,854,000 after acquiring an additional 305,143 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, October 27th. They set a “hold” rating and a $180.00 price target on the stock. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $180.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Barclays cut their price target on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $186.56.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 4.5%

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $183.30 on Monday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $186.20. The company has a 50 day moving average of $169.77 and a 200-day moving average of $162.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 3.59 and a quick ratio of 2.94. The stock has a market cap of $31.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.37, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.18.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.53%. The company had revenue of $1.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.57 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In related news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total transaction of $347,960.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,544,528.20. The trade was a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies, Inc provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.