Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Price Target Raised to $310.00

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) had its price target increased by Robert W. Baird from $295.00 to $310.00 in a research report sent to investors on Monday,Benzinga reports. Robert W. Baird currently has an outperform rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock.

KEYS has been the topic of a number of other reports. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $282.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Bank of America raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Wall Street Zen raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 28th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, December 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $304.17.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 2.8%

KEYS stock opened at $290.22 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 2.02. Keysight Technologies has a 1-year low of $121.43 and a 1-year high of $317.00. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $261.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $213.95. The company has a market capitalization of $49.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.29, a PEG ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.15.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 16.84% and a return on equity of 19.26%. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.82 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total value of $8,578,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 163,377 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,719,286.92. This trade represents a 15.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 122,398 shares in the company, valued at $36,719,400. This represents a 1.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 40,334 shares of company stock worth $11,533,230. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Paradiem LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the third quarter valued at $979,000. Madison Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 571,222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $99,918,000 after purchasing an additional 40,153 shares during the period. National Pension Service grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 291,237 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,943,000 after purchasing an additional 6,957 shares during the last quarter. Fenimore Asset Management Inc grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. Fenimore Asset Management Inc now owns 632,432 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $110,625,000 after purchasing an additional 6,629 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 2,290.3% in the 3rd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,421,437 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $246,051,000 after purchasing an additional 1,361,969 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.