Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Sells $594,380.00 in Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Jeffrey Li sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total transaction of $594,380.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 34,499 shares in the company, valued at $10,252,757.81. This represents a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

NYSE KEYS opened at $278.92 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $257.27 and a two-hundred day moving average of $211.66. The company has a market capitalization of $47.84 billion, a PE ratio of 50.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.12. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $317.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 2.02.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The business’s revenue was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.82 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on KEYS shares. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $255.00 to $300.00 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 stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. 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. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $298.82.

Key Headlines Impacting Keysight Technologies

Here are the key news stories impacting Keysight Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Street bullishness: a recent price‑target lift (reported broadly) signals stronger analyst conviction on growth and supports upside to the stock’s valuation. Keysight Technologies (KEYS) price target increased by 34.51% to 308.18
• Positive Sentiment: Manufacturing expansion: Keysight is starting test‑equipment manufacturing in Chennai, India — a move that can lower costs, improve supply resilience and help win business in semiconductors, defense and global customers. Taiwan-based Keysight launches local manufacturing in India, accelerating global innovation
• Positive Sentiment: Demand and product momentum: recent coverage highlights new test solutions (automotive Ethernet, AI/HPC interconnects) and growing secular demand in automotive, AI and data‑center testing — supportive for revenue growth and margin leverage. How The Keysight Technologies (KEYS) Story Is Evolving With New Growth Drivers And Valuation Views
• Positive Sentiment: Talent / long‑term demand: Keysight launched hands‑on semiconductor teaching labs for universities, which can deepen the customer pipeline and create long‑term equipment demand. Keysight launches new hands‑on semiconductor teaching labs for universities
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst notes and valuation context: analysts are debating how much of the AI/defense tailwinds are already priced in; several firms have raised targets but valuation (high P/E) remains a focus for debate. How The Keysight Technologies (KEYS) Story Is Evolving With New Growth Drivers And Valuation Views
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading context: volume is below average and the shares sit near the 12‑month high — this can make intraday moves less liquid and amplify reactions to news.
• Negative Sentiment: Clustered insider selling: CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold ~1,667 shares (~$500k); the CFO and an SVP also disclosed sizable sales the same week. While insiders remain large holders, clustered sales are prompting short‑term concern and likely added selling pressure. Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) CEO Sells $500,100.00 in Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Profit‑taking risk: after a sizable run toward the year high and with a rich P/E, some investors appear to be trimming positions, which is consistent with the observed downward move.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Stance Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,325,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 168,692 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $34,277,000 after buying an additional 5,083 shares during the last quarter. Farmers National Bank purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $211,000. Mengis Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 5.9% in the 4th quarter. Mengis Capital Management Inc. now owns 7,113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,445,000 after buying an additional 396 shares during the period. Finally, Rehmann Capital Advisory Group increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 26.3% in the 4th quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 2,491 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $508,000 after buying an additional 519 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

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.