Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) was downgraded by equities research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report issued on Saturday.

Several other analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Truist Financial increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered Keysight Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $319.96 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $333.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $303.00. Keysight Technologies has a 1-year low of $152.85 and a 1-year high of $374.96. The firm has a market cap of $54.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The company had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.70 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue 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. Analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total value of $681,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 105,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,084,839.07. This trade represents a 1.85% decrease in their position. The sale 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, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was 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 approximately $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% 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.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Belpointe Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $1,123,000. Willis Investment Counsel grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 80,609 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $16,379,000 after acquiring an additional 4,333 shares in the last quarter. Oak Harvest Investment Services bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $4,070,000. Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $1,137,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 21.0% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 30,986 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $6,296,000 after purchasing an additional 5,375 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

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.