Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Director James Cullen Sells 3,000 Shares

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Keysight Technologies stock traded down $7.09 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $343.39. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,083,546 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,464,687. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $152.85 and a fifty-two week high of $370.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $331.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $264.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $58.89 billion, a PE ratio of 56.48, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.22.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 8.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently commented on KEYS shares. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Barclays boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of KEYS. Belpointe Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,123,000. Willis Investment Counsel boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.7% during the 4th quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 80,609 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $16,379,000 after buying an additional 4,333 shares during the last quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of 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 valued at $99,918,000 after buying an additional 40,153 shares during the last quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 334,338 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $67,934,000 after buying an additional 7,398 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,137,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

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.