Wealthstar Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 6,465 Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Wealthstar Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 6,465 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,826,000. Keysight Technologies makes up approximately 0.9% of Wealthstar Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest position.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in KEYS. HB Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.9% during the first quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 16,655 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $4,703,000 after acquiring an additional 463 shares during the period. PFG Investments LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth approximately $203,000. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 9.7% in the first quarter. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,376 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $671,000 after purchasing an additional 210 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 118.6% in the first quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 7,847 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $2,216,000 after purchasing an additional 4,258 shares during the period. Finally, Optas LLC boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 9.5% during the 1st quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,438 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $406,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,562,722.18. This represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

KEYS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Citigroup lifted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 0.2%

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $314.36 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $53.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 1.21. Keysight Technologies Inc. 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 $346.37 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $286.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. The company 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal 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.