Mirova Invests $1.72 Million in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Mirova purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 9,820 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,718,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Paradiem LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at $979,000. Madison Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 571,222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $99,918,000 after purchasing an additional 40,153 shares during the last quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at approximately $621,000. National Pension Service lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 291,237 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,943,000 after purchasing an additional 6,957 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3.1% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,107,655 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $181,507,000 after buying an additional 33,768 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total value of $475,360.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 107,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,636,402.48. The trade was a 1.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.72, for a total value of $203,720.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 127,833 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,042,138.76. This represents a 0.78% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 4,889 shares of company stock valued at $1,167,221 over the last 90 days. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $283.78 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $48.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $121.43 and a 52 week high of $317.00. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $246.50 and a 200-day moving average of $205.76.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 16.84% and a return on equity of 19.26%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.82 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Monday, November 24th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the scientific and technical instruments company to reacquire up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

KEYS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, December 29th. UBS Group raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price 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. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $295.36.

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.