Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) CFO Sells $203,720.00 in Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) CFO Neil Dougherty sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.72, for a total value of $203,720.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 127,833 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,042,138.76. This trade represents a 0.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $206.06 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 1.78 and a current ratio of 2.35. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $121.43 and a 52-week high of $214.58. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $189.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $174.28. The firm has a market cap of $35.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.14, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.19.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.08. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.30% and a net margin of 15.71%.The firm had revenue of $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.39 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.65 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Monday, November 24th that allows the company to buyback $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the scientific and technical instruments company to reacquire up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $208.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Robert W. Baird set a $210.00 price objective on Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Wall Street Zen cut Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 20th. Susquehanna increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Citigroup raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $218.82.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of KEYS. True Wealth Design LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 358.3% during the 2nd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 155.2% during the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 171 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $34,000. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 1st quarter worth approximately $39,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

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.