Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Invests $6.91 Million in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 24,293 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,905,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 92.6% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 27,216 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,965,000 after purchasing an additional 13,085 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.0% during the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 2,581 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $387,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 30.0% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,652 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,595,000 after purchasing an additional 2,461 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 66.5% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 393 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $59,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $254,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on KEYS. Weiss Ratings lowered Keysight Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at $7,562,722.18. This represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total transaction of $681,740.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 105,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,084,839.07. This represents a 1.85% decrease in their position. 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. Insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock worth $1,904,669 over the last quarter. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 0.3%

NYSE KEYS opened at $319.96 on Monday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $152.85 and a one year high of $374.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.90 and a quick ratio of 1.51. The firm has a market cap of $54.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.22. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $333.40 and its 200-day moving average is $303.00.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.