Lombard Odier Asset Management Switzerland SA Acquires New Stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Lombard Odier Asset Management Switzerland SA acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor acquired 3,724 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,052,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Quarry LP bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth about $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth about $49,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total transaction of $681,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 105,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,084,839.07. The trade was a 1.85% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 5,507 shares of company stock worth $1,904,669 in the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 1.6%

Shares of KEYS opened at $313.60 on Tuesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $152.85 and a twelve month high of $374.96. The stock has a market cap of $53.59 billion, a PE ratio of 51.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $336.13 and its 200-day moving average price is $300.19.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the topic of several research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Company 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.