TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Acquires 8,659 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 11,545.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 8,734 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,659 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $2,934,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quarry LP bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Fiduciary Financial Advisors bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at about $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Finally, Compass Financial Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at about $34,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In related news, SVP Ingrid Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $314.66, for a total value of $629,320.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 103,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $32,680,902.26. This represents a 1.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, 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 value of $957,660.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 35,752 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,412,753.44. This trade represents a 7.74% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 7,507 shares of company stock worth $2,451,909 over the last ninety days. 0.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the subject of several analyst reports. Truist Financial increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Weiss Ratings raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Susquehanna lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $425.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $390.00 to $405.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $392.83.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $326.79 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.62. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $158.79 and a 1 year high of $374.96. The company’s 50-day moving average is $325.69 and its 200 day moving average is $323.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $55.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.89, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.21.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 19.08%.The business had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.75 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.72 EPS. The business’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, sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 10.33 earnings per share for the current 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.