Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Price Target Raised to $300.00

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) had its price target boosted by Wells Fargo & Company from $225.00 to $300.00 in a report issued on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. Wells Fargo & Company currently has an overweight rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on KEYS. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $207.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $295.36.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

NYSE KEYS opened at $306.07 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $223.30 and a 200 day moving average price of $193.34. The company has a market capitalization of $52.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.15, a PEG ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.20. Keysight Technologies has a 1-year low of $121.43 and a 1-year high of $311.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 1.78.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.Keysight Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.82 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, November 24th that authorizes the company to buyback $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the scientific and technical instruments company to buy up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 4,827 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.42, for a total transaction of $948,119.34. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 110,079 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,621,717.18. The trade was a 4.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Kailash Narayanan sold 3,201 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.42, for a total value of $628,740.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 43,917 shares in the company, valued at $8,626,177.14. The trade was a 6.79% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 50,784 shares of company stock worth $10,410,697 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of KEYS. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $435,542,000. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3,941.3% during the 4th quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 1,406,286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $285,743,000 after acquiring an additional 1,371,488 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 2,290.3% during the 3rd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,421,437 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $246,051,000 after purchasing an additional 1,361,969 shares during the period. Woodline Partners LP acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $208,891,000. Finally, M&T Bank Corp raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 9,349.0% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 1,048,176 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $212,979,000 after purchasing an additional 1,037,083 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Key Keysight Technologies News

Here are the key news stories impacting Keysight Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and higher price targets — multiple firms (Bank of America, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo) raised ratings or targets following the quarter, adding buy-side momentum. Bank upgrades summary
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/market demos at MWC strengthen positioning in strategic growth areas — Keysight will demonstrate NR‑NTN LEO mobility testing with Samsung, supporting satellite‑to‑mobile deployments and expanding addressable markets in NTN/LEO communications. Keysight + Samsung NR‑NTN LEO demo
• Positive Sentiment: MWC demos of AI‑driven RAN and pre‑6G work underline product leadership — Keysight joins Northeastern, SoftBank and zTouch to show LTM‑powered autonomous agentic AI‑RAN, and is collaborating with Ericsson on pre‑6G interoperability validation, highlighting wins in AI/6G test stacks. AI‑RAN demo at MWC
• Positive Sentiment: Broader MWC/innovation messaging — Keysight is showcasing AI‑driven wireless and 6G readiness and positioning its test & measurement products as key infrastructure for AI/data‑center and next‑gen wireless buildouts. Keysight MWC showcase
• Neutral Sentiment: Product/security tie‑ups: Keysight to OEM Cybeats’ SBOM platform for software supply‑chain security — strategically relevant, but likely modest near‑term revenue impact. Cybeats partnership
• Neutral Sentiment: Profile piece noting Keysight’s role in benchmarks/Russell 1000 — useful for narrative but not a discrete catalyst. Kalkine profile
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider transaction: an SVP sold 2,000 shares (disclosed filing) — a routine disclosure to monitor but not a major red flag given scale. Insider sale filing
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation/watch‑out: some newer price targets (and a Citigroup note) imply limited upside or even modest downside versus the current level — this concentration of targets near today’s price can encourage profit‑taking after the recent rally. Citigroup/Benzinga note

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.