Oak Harvest Investment Services Makes New Investment in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Oak Harvest Investment Services purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 20,032 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,070,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 6,332 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,287,000 after buying an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Norden Group LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Norden Group LLC now owns 1,236 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $251,000 after buying an additional 63 shares in the last quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 1,889 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $330,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 3,634 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $759,000 after buying an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 2,077 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $363,000 after buying an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 122,398 shares in the company, valued at $36,719,400. This represents a 1.34% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the senior vice president owned 107,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,636,402.48. The trade was a 1.82% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 40,334 shares of company stock worth $11,533,230. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on KEYS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Bank of America raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Zacks Research cut shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. Finally, Truist Financial assumed coverage on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. They issued a “hold” rating and a $310.00 target price on the stock. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $314.33.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS opened at $333.90 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $284.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of $225.44. The company has a market capitalization of $57.26 billion, a PE ratio of 60.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.15. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $129.88 and a 1 year high of $338.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 2.02.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.82 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. Research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Keysight Technologies Company 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.