Captrust Financial Advisors Has $1.19 Million Stock Holdings in Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Captrust Financial Advisors raised its stake in Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 7.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,424 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 484 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors’ holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $1,193,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 364.6% during 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 buying an additional 3,650,953 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 29.0% during 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 buying an additional 3,621,349 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth $320,707,000. Boston Partners raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 21.7% during the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 3,958,274 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $637,125,000 after buying an additional 704,920 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Madison Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth $88,166,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $164.50 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 2.27 and a current ratio of 2.98. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $119.72 and a 52-week high of $186.20. The company has a market capitalization of $28.43 billion, a PE ratio of 47.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.10. The business’s fifty day moving average is $145.92 and its 200 day moving average is $159.28.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on KEYS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $172.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $156.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. StockNews.com lowered Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 22nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $181.33.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 3,632 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total transaction of $562,960.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 115,063 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,834,765. This trade represents a 3.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 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.