Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) has earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eight brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $187.3750.

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Barclays cut their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 12,215 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $164.60, for a total transaction of $2,010,589.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 115,228 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,966,528.80. This represents a 9.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total transaction of $347,960.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 106,590 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,544,528.20. This represents a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 14,357 shares of company stock valued at $2,383,195 over the last three months. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. State of Wyoming increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 63.5% in the fourth quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 1,030 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $165,000 after buying an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 366.9% in the fourth quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 4,664 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $749,000 after buying an additional 3,665 shares in the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 24.2% in the fourth quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 3,228 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $519,000 after buying an additional 630 shares in the last quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $295,000. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 241.8% in the fourth quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 270 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 191 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $177.77 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 3.59, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $166.10 and a 200 day moving average price of $157.77. The company has a market cap of $30.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 56.61, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.16. Keysight Technologies has a 12 month low of $121.43 and a 12 month high of $186.20.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.53%. The company had revenue of $1.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.57 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Keysight Technologies

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.