7,500 Shares in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Acquired by Pensionfund Sabic

Pensionfund Sabic purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 7,500 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,524,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,423,838 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,747,458,000 after buying an additional 97,064 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,973,742 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,306,577,000 after acquiring an additional 55,358 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $851,525,000 after acquiring an additional 160,728 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,700,709 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $647,328,000 after acquiring an additional 58,039 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 8.5% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,021,463 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $528,514,000 after acquiring an additional 237,563 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on KEYS shares. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Bank of America raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 price target on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $298.82.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 3.4%

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $298.79 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $51.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 53.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.12. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $252.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $209.52. The company has a current ratio of 2.60, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $121.43 and a 12-month high of $317.00.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The company had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.82 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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, equities analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Sung Yoon sold 889 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.66, for a total value of $183,720.74. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 16,953 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,503,506.98. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total transaction of $475,360.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 107,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,636,402.48. The trade was a 1.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 35,556 shares of company stock valued at $10,025,731. Corporate insiders own 0.40% 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.