London Co. of Virginia Sells 47,683 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

London Co. of Virginia lowered its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 4.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 979,337 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 47,683 shares during the quarter. London Co. of Virginia owned 0.57% of Keysight Technologies worth $171,306,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 21.4% during the 3rd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,077 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $188,000 after buying an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. Lido Advisors LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 25,487 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $4,458,000 after buying an additional 371 shares in the last quarter. Gotham Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 116.3% during the third quarter. Gotham Asset Management LLC now owns 87,465 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $15,299,000 after acquiring an additional 47,027 shares during the period. Delta Global Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $12,142,000. Finally, Destination Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $220,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total value of $475,360.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 107,861 shares in the company, valued at $25,636,402.48. The trade was a 1.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Sung Yoon sold 889 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.66, for a total transaction of $183,720.74. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 16,953 shares in the company, valued at $3,503,506.98. This represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 4,889 shares of company stock worth $1,167,221 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $286.23 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $49.09 billion, a PE ratio of 51.57, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.12. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $243.60 and a 200 day moving average of $204.34. The company has a current ratio of 2.60, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $121.43 and a 12 month high of $317.00.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The company’s revenue was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.82 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Monday, November 24th that authorizes the company to buyback $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the scientific and technical instruments company to purchase up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently issued reports on KEYS. UBS Group increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Barclays upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $243.00 to $322.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $257.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $295.36.

Keysight Technologies Profile

Keysight Technologies is a global provider of electronic design, test, measurement and optimization solutions for communications, electronics and related industries. The company was formed as a corporate spin-off from Agilent Technologies in 2014; its origins trace back to the electronic measurement business that was part of Hewlett‑Packard before Agilent. Keysight develops hardware and software used throughout the product development lifecycle, from design and simulation to prototype validation and manufacturing test.

Keysight’s product portfolio includes electronic test and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, network and spectrum analyzers, signal generators, vector network analyzers and modular PXI-based systems, together with software platforms for simulation, automated test and data analysis.