Aberdeen Group plc Purchases 14,066 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Aberdeen Group plc lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 8.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 189,481 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,066 shares during the period. Aberdeen Group plc owned approximately 0.11% of Keysight Technologies worth $32,833,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. True Wealth Design LLC lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 358.3% in the second quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 129 shares during the period. NewSquare Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 155.2% in the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 171 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. IFP Advisors Inc boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 49.1% during the second quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 246 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Westfuller Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the third quarter worth $45,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on KEYS. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 31st. Barclays increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $243.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Thursday, January 15th. UBS Group set a $230.00 target price on Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $221.64.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

KEYS opened at $233.46 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $214.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $188.01. The company has a market capitalization of $40.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.74, a P/E/G ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 1.20. 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 Inc. has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $242.62.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 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 analyst estimates of $1.39 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.65 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 12,528 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.42, for a total value of $2,460,749.76. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 132,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,998,347.62. The trade was a 8.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP John Page sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $213.48, for a total value of $3,202,200.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 21,393 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,566,977.64. This represents a 41.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 78,784 shares of company stock valued at $15,841,737 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies 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.