Insider Selling: Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Director Sells $1,039,740.00 in Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,562,722.18. This represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 3.9%

NYSE:KEYS opened at $329.67 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $152.85 and a 12-month high of $370.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.22, a P/E/G ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.90 and a quick ratio of 1.51. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $332.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $265.85.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.70 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Quarry LP bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at $44,000. Finally, Entrust Financial LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $45,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently issued reports on KEYS. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Zacks Research raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $371.92.

About Keysight Technologies

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.