Groupama Asset Managment Sells 1,666 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Groupama Asset Managment lowered its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 30.5% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,800 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 1,666 shares during the period. Groupama Asset Managment’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $1,073,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Quarry LP bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 1st quarter worth $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $49,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total transaction of $681,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 105,861 shares in the company, valued at $36,084,839.07. This represents a 1.85% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669 over the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup lifted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group increased their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Zacks Research raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research 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 data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 2.3%

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $319.96 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $54.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.21. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $333.40 and its 200-day moving average price is $302.34. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $152.85 and a 12-month high of $374.96.

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 for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. The company had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current year.

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.