Zacks Research Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for KEYS

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) – Research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Keysight Technologies in a report released on Tuesday, March 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the scientific and technical instruments company will post earnings of $1.41 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.40. The consensus estimate for Keysight Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $6.32 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Keysight Technologies’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.52 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.67 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.11 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.52 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.78 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.92 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.93 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.14 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.82 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $8.41 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $170.00 to $200.00 in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $184.44.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $154.65 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $166.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $162.05. The company has a market cap of $26.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.18, a PEG ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a current ratio of 2.98, a quick ratio of 2.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. Keysight Technologies has a 12-month low of $119.72 and a 12-month high of $186.20.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,873,635 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,352,932,000 after acquiring an additional 55,223 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 29.0% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 16,114,952 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $2,588,546,000 after acquiring an additional 3,621,349 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,857,378 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,248,773,000 after acquiring an additional 194,294 shares in the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 364.6% in the 4th quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 4,652,311 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $747,301,000 after acquiring an additional 3,650,953 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 4,421,264 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $702,671,000 after acquiring an additional 292,372 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Mark Adam Wallace sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.79, for a total value of $970,740.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 85,829 shares in the company, valued at $13,886,273.91. This represents a 6.53 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Company Profile

Keysight Technologies, Inc provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.