Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Sells 2,000 Shares

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Ingrid Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total value of $681,740.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 105,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,084,839.07. This trade represents a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 3.9%

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $336.27 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $152.85 and a 52-week high of $374.96. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $347.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $285.75. The stock has a market cap of $57.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.22.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 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 quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’s 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. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the first quarter worth about $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $49,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on KEYS. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Wall Street Zen raised Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, June 27th. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price 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.