Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Rating Lowered to Hold at Wall Street Zen

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) was downgraded by research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a note issued to investors on Saturday.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on KEYS. Robert W. Baird set a $210.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Barclays upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 10th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $208.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $219.82.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $216.42 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $207.53 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $182.69. Keysight Technologies has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $225.00. The stock has a market cap of $37.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 1.78.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.08. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 15.71% and a return on equity of 19.30%. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.39 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.65 EPS. Keysight Technologies’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, equities analysts predict that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 3,934 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.84, for a total transaction of $790,104.56. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 36,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,370,627.16. This represents a 9.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 12,528 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.42, for a total transaction of $2,460,749.76. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 132,361 shares in the company, valued at $25,998,347.62. The trade was a 8.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 78,784 shares of company stock valued at $15,841,737 over the last 90 days. 0.61% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 358.3% in the 2nd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 155.2% during the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 171 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth $34,000. Optiver Holding B.V. acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 49.1% in the second quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 246 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.