Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Short Interest Update

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) saw a significant drop in short interest in February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 2,317,208 shares, a drop of 12.3% from the February 12th total of 2,642,495 shares. Approximately 1.4% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 2,587,034 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Based on an average trading volume of 2,587,034 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 1,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.72, for a total transaction of $203,720.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 127,833 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,042,138.76. The trade was a 0.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Sung Yoon sold 889 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $206.66, for a total value of $183,720.74. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 16,953 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,503,506.98. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 4,889 shares of company stock valued at $1,167,221 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Quarry LP bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Westfuller Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $45,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 68.5% during the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 278 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Bank of America upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $243.00 to $322.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $295.36.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS stock opened at $283.78 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.60, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The firm has a market cap of $48.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.13, a P/E/G ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.12. Keysight Technologies has a 12-month low of $121.43 and a 12-month high of $317.00. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $246.50 and its 200 day simple moving average is $205.76.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.82 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, November 24th that allows the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the scientific and technical instruments company to repurchase up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

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.