TD Asset Management Inc Reduces Stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

TD Asset Management Inc lessened its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 314,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 8,946 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $55,047,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at approximately $316,690,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 1,361,969 shares during the last quarter. Man Group plc lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 164.3% during the 2nd quarter. Man Group plc now owns 1,010,399 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $165,564,000 after buying an additional 628,082 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2,004.8% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 572,836 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $93,865,000 after buying an additional 545,620 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boston Partners grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 10.5% in the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,709,540 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $771,359,000 after buying an additional 446,123 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 4,230 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $211.43, for a total transaction of $894,348.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 128,131 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,090,737.33. The trade was a 3.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total transaction of $475,360.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 107,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,636,402.48. This represents a 1.82% 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 valued at $10,410,697 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $306.07 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $52.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.15, a P/E/G ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 1.78 and a current ratio of 2.60. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $311.81. The company’s fifty day moving average is $223.30 and its two-hundred day moving average is $193.34.

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

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Monday, November 24th that permits the company to buyback $1.50 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the scientific and technical instruments company to reacquire up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Trending Headlines about Keysight Technologies

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on KEYS shares. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $220.00 to $282.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Barclays upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $295.36.

Keysight Technologies 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.