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

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $371.9167.

A number of brokerages have recently commented on KEYS. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, July 13th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total transaction of $681,740.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 105,861 shares in the company, valued at $36,084,839.07. This trade represents a 1.85% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 5,507 shares of company stock worth $1,904,669 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in KEYS. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the period. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the first quarter valued at $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $49,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of KEYS opened at $319.22 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $54.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.50, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.21. Keysight Technologies has a 52 week low of $152.85 and a 52 week high of $374.96. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $336.66 and its 200-day moving average price is $299.48. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

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 the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The company had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Keysight Technologies will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

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.