Brokerages Set Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) PT at $187.38

Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the eight research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and seven have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $187.3750.

KEYS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Wall Street Zen lowered Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 20th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 20th.

Insider Activity

In other Keysight Technologies news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 12,215 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.60, for a total transaction of $2,010,589.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 115,228 shares in the company, valued at $18,966,528.80. The trade was a 9.58% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares in the company, valued at $18,544,528.20. This represents a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 14,357 shares of company stock worth $2,383,195. Insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 16.6% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,790,100 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,814,195,000 after acquiring an additional 2,675,148 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at about $316,690,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1,224.5% in the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,991,884 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $298,324,000 after purchasing an additional 1,841,494 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 36,268.6% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 750,647 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $112,424,000 after buying an additional 748,583 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Man Group plc increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 164.3% in the second quarter. Man Group plc now owns 1,010,399 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $165,564,000 after buying an additional 628,082 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $172.27 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.86, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a current ratio of 3.59. Keysight Technologies has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $186.20. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $166.89 and a 200-day simple moving average of $158.16.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 10.36%.The firm had revenue of $1.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.57 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current year.

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.