Vanguard Group Inc. Acquires 97,064 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 0.5% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 21,423,838 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 97,064 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned approximately 0.12% of Keysight Technologies worth $3,747,458,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 5.0% in the 3rd quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 60,223 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $10,534,000 after acquiring an additional 2,869 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 14,254 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,493,000 after acquiring an additional 507 shares during the last quarter. Aberdeen Group plc grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 8.0% in the 3rd quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 189,481 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,833,000 after buying an additional 14,066 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 13.0% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 936 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $164,000 after buying an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Sector Pension Investment Board raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 10.7% during the 3rd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 18,091 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,164,000 after buying an additional 1,744 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP John Page sold 15,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $213.48, for a total value of $3,202,200.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 21,393 shares in the company, valued at $4,566,977.64. The trade was a 41.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 3,934 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.84, for a total transaction of $790,104.56. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 36,699 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,370,627.16. The trade was a 9.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 78,784 shares of company stock valued at $15,841,737. 0.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $234.33 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $214.67 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $188.54. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $121.43 and a 12-month high of $242.62. The firm has a market cap of $40.19 billion, a PE ratio of 47.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.45 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 posted its earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.39 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.65 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Keysight Technologies announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, November 24th that permits the company to buyback $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the scientific and technical instruments company to repurchase up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $243.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Barclays raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $190.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, UBS Group set a $230.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Eight investment 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.com, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $221.64.

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.