Old West Investment Management LLC Acquires Shares of 5,700 Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Old West Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 5,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $997,000.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Paradiem LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the third quarter worth about $979,000. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at approximately $621,000. National Pension Service boosted its position 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 worth $50,943,000 after purchasing an additional 6,957 shares in the last quarter. Fenimore Asset Management Inc grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Fenimore Asset Management Inc now owns 632,432 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $110,625,000 after buying an additional 6,629 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 3.1% during the 2nd 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 12,528 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.42, for a total value of $2,460,749.76. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 132,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,998,347.62. This represents a 8.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 4,827 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.42, for a total value of $948,119.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 110,079 shares in the company, valued at $21,621,717.18. The trade was a 4.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 78,784 shares of company stock worth $15,841,737. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $207.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report 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. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $208.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 31st. Finally, Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $221.64.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $231.04 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $210.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $184.87. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $121.43 and a 52-week high of $232.92. The company has a market cap of $39.63 billion, a PE ratio of 47.25, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.20. 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 (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.08. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 15.71% and a return on equity of 19.30%. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.39 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.65 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Keysight Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, November 24th that allows the company to buyback $1.50 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the scientific and technical instruments company to purchase up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

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.