GSA Capital Partners LLP Acquires Shares of 4,139 Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

GSA Capital Partners LLP bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 4,139 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,449,000.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in KEYS. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 92.6% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 27,216 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,965,000 after purchasing an additional 13,085 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 5.0% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 2,581 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $387,000 after buying an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 30.0% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,652 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,595,000 after buying an additional 2,461 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 66.5% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 393 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $59,000 after buying an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth about $254,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently weighed in on KEYS. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Susquehanna increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wall Street Zen cut Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $371.92.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 0.1%

KEYS opened at $358.15 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $61.21 billion, a PE ratio of 58.91, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $152.85 and a 1-year high of $374.96. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $333.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $312.09.

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

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.