Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Downgraded by Wall Street Zen to “Buy”

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday.

Several other research analysts have also weighed in on KEYS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “overweight” 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 stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Zacks Research raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

NYSE:KEYS opened at $319.96 on Friday. Keysight Technologies has a 52 week low of $152.85 and a 52 week high of $374.96. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $333.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $302.34. The company has a market capitalization of $54.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.21. 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 released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 company’s revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Keysight Technologies will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were 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 represents a 1.85% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 5,507 shares of company stock worth $1,904,669 in the last ninety days. 0.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 12.0% during the 2nd quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 230,131 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $80,562,000 after purchasing an additional 24,580 shares during the period. Tema ETFs LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 11.0% in the 2nd quarter. Tema ETFs LLC now owns 7,610 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,664,000 after buying an additional 755 shares during the period. G&S Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth about $3,276,000. E. Ohman J or Asset Management AB increased its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 10.3% during the second quarter. E. Ohman J or Asset Management AB now owns 6,400 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $2,240,000 after buying an additional 600 shares during the period. Finally, Revolve Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth approximately $267,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.