Mutual of America Capital Management LLC Sells 1,197 Shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Mutual of America Capital Management LLC lessened its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 4.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 23,769 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 1,197 shares during the quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $3,781,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in KEYS. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT now owns 13,421 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,296,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,524 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $423,000 after buying an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. Putnam Investments LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. Putnam Investments LLC now owns 19,634 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,170,000 after buying an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. Heartland Bank & Trust Co increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. Heartland Bank & Trust Co now owns 6,229 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $824,000 after buying an additional 81 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 31.5% in the 3rd quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 342 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 82 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have commented on KEYS shares. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $134.00 to $141.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered shares of Keysight Technologies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $184.00 to $170.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 15th. Finally, Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $157.00 to $168.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $160.63.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Kailash Narayanan sold 4,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $152.88, for a total value of $657,384.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 29,156 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,457,369.28. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 1.1 %

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $151.62 on Wednesday. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $118.57 and a twelve month high of $172.72. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $154.50 and a 200-day moving average price of $145.97. The company has a market capitalization of $26.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.82, a P/E/G ratio of 7.03 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 20th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.63 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $1.26 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.25 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 18.14% and a return on equity of 26.84%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was down 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.72 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Keysight Technologies, Inc. will post 5.4 EPS for the current year.

Keysight Technologies Profile

Keysight Technologies, Inc provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.