5,855 Shares in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Acquired by Private Advisory Group LLC

Private Advisory Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 5,855 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,050,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted 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 buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $49,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $358.15 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 58.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $152.85 and a 1 year high of $374.96. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $333.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $311.41. 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 (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly 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 firm 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 business’s revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total transaction of $681,740.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 105,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,084,839.07. This trade represents a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. This trade represents a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Citigroup raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Susquehanna increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

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.