Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. Sells 1,538 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. reduced its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 6.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 22,554 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 1,538 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd.’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $4,583,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 6,332 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,287,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Norden Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.4% in the fourth quarter. Norden Group LLC now owns 1,236 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $251,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.7% in the third quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 1,889 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $330,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 3,634 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $759,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.5% in the third quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 2,077 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $363,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on KEYS shares. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Susquehanna set a $425.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 2.7%

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

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 7.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In related news, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total transaction of $8,578,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 163,377 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,719,286.92. The trade was a 15.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,719,400. This represents a 1.34% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 38,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,057,870 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.40% 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.