Jupiter Topco LLC Invests $324.54 Million in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Jupiter Topco LLC bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 927,278 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $324,535,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Fiduciary Financial Advisors bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Compass Financial Management LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth $34,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have weighed in on KEYS. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $390.00 to $405.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Truist Financial raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $392.83.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 3.2%

NYSE:KEYS opened at $320.54 on Wednesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $158.79 and a fifty-two week high of $374.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $54.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 2.02. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $331.33 and its 200-day simple moving average is $317.27.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 19.08% and a return on equity of 24.34%. The firm had revenue of $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.75 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.72 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s revenue was up 36.5% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.400 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.460-11.460 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Jean Mcclung Nye sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $319.22, for a total transaction of $957,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 35,752 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,412,753.44. This represents a 7.74% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. This trade represents a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 10,507 shares of company stock worth $3,491,649. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.