Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, nine have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $371.9167.

A number of brokerages have weighed in on KEYS. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. 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. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In related news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 in the company, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. The trade was a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,719,400. The trade was a 1.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,793,190 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 15.0% in the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $63,000 after buying an additional 29 shares during the period. Kera Capital Partners Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. now owns 3,276 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $925,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. KCM Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,333 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $659,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.5% during the 1st quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 219 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 31 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $329.67 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $332.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $265.85. The stock has a market cap of $56.54 billion, a PE ratio of 54.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.22. 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 has a one year low of $152.85 and a one year high of $370.17.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. The firm had revenue of $1.72 billion for 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%.Keysight Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.