California Public Employees Retirement System Sells 83,408 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

California Public Employees Retirement System reduced its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 21.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 296,668 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 83,408 shares during the period. California Public Employees Retirement System owned about 0.17% of Keysight Technologies worth $83,770,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of KEYS. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,525,694 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $4,373,806,000 after buying an additional 101,856 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 17,419,811 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,539,532,000 after acquiring an additional 85,693 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,191,895 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,664,511,000 after acquiring an additional 200,279 shares during the period. Boston Partners raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3.4% in the 3rd 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 period. Finally, Capital World Investors lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 6.5% during the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,940,767 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $800,732,000 after purchasing an additional 240,058 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on KEYS. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $315.70 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.90 and a quick ratio of 1.51. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $340.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $295.35. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $152.85 and a one year high of $374.96. The firm has a market cap of $53.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.92, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.21.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The firm had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.70 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.