NEOS Investment Management LLC Purchases 3,241 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

NEOS Investment Management LLC raised its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 13.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 27,563 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 3,241 shares during the period. NEOS Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $9,649,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Nykredit A S purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $30,084,000. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 17.2% during the second quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 20,979 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $7,344,000 after acquiring an additional 3,080 shares during the last quarter. R. W. Roge & Company Inc. bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth $209,000. Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter worth $231,000. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter worth $377,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Susquehanna raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $425.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $392.83.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Jean Mcclung Nye sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $319.22, for a total value of $957,660.00. Following the sale, the director owned 35,752 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,412,753.44. The trade was a 7.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $314.66, for a total transaction of $629,320.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 103,861 shares in the company, valued at $32,680,902.26. The trade was a 1.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 7,507 shares of company stock worth $2,451,909 over the last quarter. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $326.79 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $158.79 and a 1 year high of $374.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.62. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $325.95 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $321.75. The firm has a market cap of $55.63 billion, a PE ratio of 44.89, a PEG ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.21.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 19.08%.The company had revenue of $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.75 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.72 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 36.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.400 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.460-11.460 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 10.33 EPS for the current 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.