Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Director Jean Mcclung Nye Sells 3,000 Shares of Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Director Jean Mcclung Nye sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $319.22, for a total value of $957,660.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 35,752 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,412,753.44. This represents a 7.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 3.2%

NYSE KEYS opened at $320.54 on Wednesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $158.79 and a 12 month high of $374.96. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $331.33 and its 200 day moving average is $317.27. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The stock has a market cap of $54.78 billion, a PE ratio of 44.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.22.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.48 by $0.59. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 19.08% and a return on equity of 24.34%. The firm had revenue of $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.75 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.72 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 36.5% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.400 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.460-11.460 EPS. Research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Allworth Financial LP bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $2,316,000. Findlay Park Partners LLP bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth about $157,137,000. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth about $11,917,000. Comerica Bank increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 57.2% during the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 52,506 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $10,669,000 after purchasing an additional 19,104 shares during the period. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $9,739,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on KEYS. UBS Group upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $420.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.83.

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.