Evergreen Capital Management LLC Acquires 2,217 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Evergreen Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 110.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,216 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,217 shares during the period. Evergreen Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $857,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,423,838 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,747,458,000 after acquiring an additional 97,064 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 3.4% during the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $851,525,000 after acquiring an additional 160,728 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 1.6% during the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,700,709 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $647,328,000 after acquiring an additional 58,039 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 8.5% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,021,463 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $528,514,000 after acquiring an additional 237,563 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 1.7% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 2,076,126 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $363,156,000 after acquiring an additional 34,098 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Jo Ann Juskie sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $304.42, for a total value of $304,420.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 12,552 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,821,079.84. This trade represents a 7.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total value of $596,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 125,272 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $37,377,406.64. The trade was a 1.57% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,533,230 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

KEYS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Monday, December 29th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $314.33.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $346.76 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $140.73 and a 52-week high of $352.78. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.48, a P/E/G ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 1.15. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $294.85 and its 200-day moving average price is $231.25.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 16.84% and a return on equity of 19.26%. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.82 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 7.86 EPS for the current year.

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.