6,520 Shares in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Purchased by Stance Capital LLC

Stance Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 6,520 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,325,000.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Quarry LP bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Entrust Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $45,000. DV Equities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $49,000. Finally, Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 497.7% in the fourth quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 257 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $52,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “overweight” 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 given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,719,400. The trade was a 1.34% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total transaction of $594,380.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 34,499 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,252,757.81. This represents a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 8,667 shares of company stock worth $2,730,960 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of KEYS opened at $363.47 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $62.12 billion, a PE ratio of 59.78, a P/E/G ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a fifty day moving average of $343.99 and a 200 day moving average of $277.82. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $152.85 and a 52-week high of $370.17. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. The company had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’s quarterly 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 9.03 EPS for the current year.

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.