6,166 Shares in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Purchased by Allstate Corp

Allstate Corp bought a new position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm bought 6,166 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,079,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.7% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,326,774 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,494,605,000 after acquiring an additional 357,263 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,973,742 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,306,577,000 after purchasing an additional 55,358 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners lifted its stake in 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 worth $771,359,000 after purchasing an additional 446,123 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,575,953 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $747,437,000 after purchasing an additional 40,560 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at $316,690,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

KEYS opened at $216.59 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 1.78. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $201.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $180.21. The firm has a market cap of $37.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.29, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.18. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $218.15.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.08. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.30% and a net margin of 15.71%.The firm had revenue of $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.39 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.65 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Keysight Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, November 24th that allows the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the scientific and technical instruments company to repurchase up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.72, for a total transaction of $203,720.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 127,833 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,042,138.76. This represents a 0.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 4,230 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $211.43, for a total value of $894,348.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 128,131 shares in the company, valued at $27,090,737.33. The trade was a 3.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 78,784 shares of company stock worth $15,841,737 over the last ninety days. 0.61% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on KEYS. Wall Street Zen downgraded Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $243.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. UBS Group set a $230.00 price target on Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $190.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.82.

Keysight Technologies Company 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.