Pacer Advisors Inc. Trims Stock Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Pacer Advisors Inc. trimmed its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 2.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 683,256 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 19,396 shares during the quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. owned about 0.40% of Keysight Technologies worth $119,515,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of KEYS. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $621,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in 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 period. Czech National Bank boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 42,241 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $6,922,000 after purchasing an additional 2,527 shares in the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 17.9% in the 2nd quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 67,236 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $11,017,000 after purchasing an additional 10,215 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 14.0% during the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 59,468 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $9,781,000 after purchasing an additional 7,294 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 0.0%

NYSE:KEYS opened at $205.33 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $121.43 and a 52-week high of $214.58. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $188.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of $173.82. The company has a market capitalization of $35.28 billion, a PE ratio of 41.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.19.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.39 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 15.71% and a return on equity of 19.30%. The company’s revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.65 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Monday, November 24th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the scientific and technical instruments company to buy up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Friday, November 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.88, for a total value of $5,906,400.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 198,389 shares in the company, valued at $39,058,826.32. This trade represents a 13.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, SVP John Page sold 15,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $213.48, for a total value of $3,202,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 21,393 shares in the company, valued at $4,566,977.64. This represents a 41.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 76,895 shares of company stock worth $15,454,296. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently weighed in on KEYS shares. Wall Street Zen downgraded Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 20th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Monday, December 15th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $208.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $207.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 10th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $218.82.

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.