Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Stock Holdings Lifted by Nisa Investment Advisors LLC

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 21.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 53,222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,530 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $9,310,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Haven Private LLC raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Haven Private LLC now owns 4,041 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $662,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. BlackDiamond Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.9% during the second quarter. BlackDiamond Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,796 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $295,000 after buying an additional 68 shares in the last quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% during the second quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 3,466 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $579,000 after buying an additional 80 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 49.1% in the 2nd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 246 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wedmont Private Capital boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 2,512 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $427,000 after acquiring an additional 86 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on KEYS shares. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $207.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $232.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. UBS Group set a $230.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $210.00 price objective on Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $218.82.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 4,230 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $211.43, for a total transaction of $894,348.90. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 128,131 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,090,737.33. This represents a 3.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP John Page sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $213.48, for a total value of $3,202,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 21,393 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,566,977.64. This trade represents a 41.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 78,784 shares of company stock worth $15,841,737 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $207.41 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $35.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 1.18. The company’s fifty day moving average is $196.98 and its 200-day moving average is $177.44. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $121.43 and a 12 month high of $214.58.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.39 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 15.71% and a return on equity of 19.30%. Keysight Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.65 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Monday, November 24th that permits the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the scientific and technical instruments company to buy up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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.