JPMorgan Chase & Co. Issues Positive Forecast for Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Stock Price

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) had its price objective hoisted by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $400.00 to $425.00 in a report released on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an “overweight” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 32.78% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on KEYS. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $387.00 to $429.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $390.00 to $405.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen downgraded Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $425.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $392.83.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS traded down $20.92 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $320.08. 2,743,449 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,454,488. Keysight Technologies has a 12-month low of $152.85 and a 12-month high of $374.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The company has a market cap of $54.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.76, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.22. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $334.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $313.94.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. The company had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.75 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 36.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.72 earnings per share. 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. As a group, research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total value of $681,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 105,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,084,839.07. This represents a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Fiduciary Financial Advisors bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter worth about $28,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter worth about $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% in the first 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. Finally, Compass Financial Management LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter worth about $34,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Keysight Technologies

Here are the key news stories impacting Keysight Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Keysight reported fiscal Q3 revenue of $1.85 billion and adjusted earnings of $3.07 per share, surpassing consensus estimates of approximately $1.75 billion and $2.48 per share. Revenue increased 36.5% year over year, while EPS rose sharply from $1.72 a year earlier. Keysight Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Up Y/Y on Solid Demand
• Positive Sentiment: Management issued above-consensus fiscal Q4 guidance, calling for revenue of $1.9 billion to $2.0 billion and EPS of $3.34 to $3.40. It also raised fiscal 2026 guidance to approximately $7.1 billion in revenue and $11.46 in EPS, ahead of analyst expectations. Keysight forecasts quarterly profit above estimates on strong data center-led demand
• Positive Sentiment: Demand tied to artificial-intelligence data centers, connectivity and commercial communications remains strong. Orders exceeded $2 billion, and management expects AI infrastructure demand to accelerate into fiscal 2027, supporting the backlog and longer-term growth outlook. Keysight Technologies: AI Windfall Shows No Sign Of Slowing
• Positive Sentiment: Robert W. Baird raised its price target from $385 to $410 and maintained an “outperform” rating, signaling confidence in Keysight’s earnings momentum. Benzinga report
• Neutral Sentiment: Keysight’s operating margin reached 33.2%, above its long-term target, while recurring revenue and continued research and development investment support business resilience. However, the stock’s elevated valuation leaves less room for execution disappointments.
• Negative Sentiment: Management cautioned that supply limitations may determine how quickly its growing order pipeline becomes recognized revenue. This raises concerns that some of the AI-related upside is back-end loaded, helping explain the negative market reaction despite the earnings beat. KEYS Q3 Earnings Call Spotlights AI Demand and Supply Limits

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.