Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Bought by Intech Investment Management LLC

Intech Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 409.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 83,461 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 67,094 shares during the quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $16,958,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its holdings 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 valued at $1,287,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Norden Group LLC raised its position in 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 in the last quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc raised its position in 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 in the last quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 3,634 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $759,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 2,077 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $363,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on KEYS. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. One 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. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS stock opened at $339.08 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $326.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $259.75. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $152.85 and a 52 week high of $370.17. The stock has a market cap of $58.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.77, a P/E/G ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. The company 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%. The company’s revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 8.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total value of $594,380.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 34,499 shares in the company, valued at $10,252,757.81. The trade was a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $500,100.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,719,400. This trade represents a 1.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 37,334 shares of company stock worth $10,753,450 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

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.