Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Acquired by Cwm LLC

Cwm LLC increased its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 100.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 13,153 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,578 shares during the period. Cwm LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $2,155,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,969,511 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,140,604,000 after acquiring an additional 95,876 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 16.6% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,790,100 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $2,814,195,000 after acquiring an additional 2,675,148 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 7.7% in the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,263,417 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $636,854,000 after acquiring an additional 305,143 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 1.0% in the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,317,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $496,892,000 after acquiring an additional 33,818 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,273,896 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $340,561,000 after acquiring an additional 53,846 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

NYSE KEYS opened at $162.30 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 3.59 and a quick ratio of 2.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $27.89 billion, a PE ratio of 51.69, a P/E/G ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 1.18. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $121.43 and a 12 month high of $186.20. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $168.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $159.99.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.53%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.57 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on KEYS shares. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Barclays cut their price target on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $180.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Friday, October 10th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $187.38.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,544,528.20. The trade was a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Company Profile

Keysight Technologies, Inc provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.