London Co. of Virginia Lowers Holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

London Co. of Virginia trimmed its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 6.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 917,882 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 61,455 shares during the period. London Co. of Virginia’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $186,505,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of KEYS. Quarry LP purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Optiver Holding B.V. purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Entrust Financial LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $45,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 497.7% in the 4th quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 257 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $52,000 after buying an additional 214 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $57,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 1.6%

NYSE:KEYS opened at $351.21 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $60.02 billion, a PE ratio of 57.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.22. 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 Inc. has a 52-week low of $152.85 and a 52-week high of $370.17. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $340.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of $274.40.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The business’s revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total transaction of $596,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 125,272 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $37,377,406.64. The trade was a 1.57% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $500,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,719,400. This trade represents a 1.34% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 10,334 shares of company stock worth $3,214,390. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

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.