Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Makes New Investment in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 2,467 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $501,000.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $8,760,000. Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.P.A. bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $601,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 58,593 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $11,906,000 after acquiring an additional 886 shares during the last quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 25.5% during the fourth quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,352 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $275,000 after acquiring an additional 275 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 109,713 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $22,293,000 after acquiring an additional 1,521 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Bank of America raised Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday. Susquehanna set a $425.00 price target on Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 2.7%

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $346.53 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 1.90. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $321.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $254.64. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $152.85 and a fifty-two week high of $370.17. The company has a market cap of $59.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.00, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.26.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) 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 company had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’s 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, sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 7.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,719,400. This trade represents a 1.34% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total value of $596,740.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 125,272 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $37,377,406.64. This represents a 1.57% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 38,334 shares of company stock worth $11,057,870. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.