Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $371.9167.

KEYS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Susquehanna upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following 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. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,525,694 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $4,373,806,000 after acquiring an additional 101,856 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 17,419,811 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,539,532,000 after acquiring an additional 85,693 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,191,895 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,664,511,000 after purchasing an additional 200,279 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.4% during the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $851,525,000 after purchasing an additional 160,728 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital World Investors grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 6.5% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,940,767 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $800,732,000 after purchasing an additional 240,058 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 3.4%

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $339.90 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90. The firm has a market cap of $58.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies has a 1 year low of $152.85 and a 1 year high of $374.96. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $347.01 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $283.93.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted 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. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. The firm had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.70 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal 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.