Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the thirteen research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, nine have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $295.3636.

Several brokerages have weighed in on KEYS. Bank of America raised Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $257.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 2.3%

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $286.23 on Tuesday. Keysight Technologies has a twelve month low of $121.43 and a twelve month high of $317.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. The firm has a market cap of $49.09 billion, a PE ratio of 51.57, a P/E/G ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.12. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $243.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $204.34.

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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 16.84% and a return on equity of 19.26%. The company had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.82 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Jo Ann Juskie sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $304.42, for a total transaction of $304,420.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 12,552 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,821,079.84. This represents a 7.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.72, for a total value of $203,720.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 127,833 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,042,138.76. This trade represents a 0.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 4,889 shares of company stock worth $1,167,221 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Paradiem LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $979,000. Madison Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 571,222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $99,918,000 after acquiring an additional 40,153 shares during the last quarter. National Pension Service boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% during the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 291,237 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,943,000 after acquiring an additional 6,957 shares during the period. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at about $621,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.1% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,107,655 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $181,507,000 after purchasing an additional 33,768 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

About Keysight Technologies

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.