Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Acquires Shares of 536 Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 536 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $88,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 7.6% during the second quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 22,846 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,744,000 after buying an additional 1,620 shares during the period. Brown Shipley& Co Ltd grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 4.2% in the second quarter. Brown Shipley& Co Ltd now owns 6,462 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,059,000 after purchasing an additional 259 shares during the period. Cooper Financial Group grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 5.2% in the second quarter. Cooper Financial Group now owns 1,873 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $307,000 after purchasing an additional 92 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 3.6% in the second quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 18,497 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,031,000 after purchasing an additional 639 shares during the period. Finally, Chicago Capital LLC grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 113.7% in the second quarter. Chicago Capital LLC now owns 5,556 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $910,000 after purchasing an additional 2,956 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 6.8%

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $159.39 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $121.43 and a 12 month high of $186.20. The stock has a market cap of $27.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.76, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.18. 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 company has a 50 day simple moving average of $168.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $159.54.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.53%. The business had revenue of $1.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.57 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue 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. On average, research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on KEYS. Bank of America upped their price objective 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. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock 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, September 20th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $187.38.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Keysight Technologies Company 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.