Atria Investments Inc Has $2.05 Million Stock Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Atria Investments Inc decreased its stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 6.6% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 12,496 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 881 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $2,048,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Accent Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $28,000. Manchester Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 85.0% in the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 235 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 108 shares during the period. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the first quarter worth $36,000. IFP Advisors Inc boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 49.1% during the 2nd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 246 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 81 shares during the period. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 1st quarter worth about $39,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

NYSE KEYS opened at $179.02 on Wednesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $121.43 and a fifty-two week high of $187.11. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $170.47 and its two-hundred day moving average is $163.57. 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 firm has a market cap of $30.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 57.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.18.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 10.36%.The company had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.57 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have commented on KEYS. Bank of America raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. Wall Street Zen lowered Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $186.56.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 106,590 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,544,528.20. The trade was a 1.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Profile

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.