New York Life Investment Management LLC Purchases 303 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

New York Life Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 25,914 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 303 shares during the period. New York Life Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $4,246,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of KEYS. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.6% during the first 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 buying an additional 2,675,148 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1,224.5% during the first 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 buying an additional 1,841,494 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 310.2% during the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 415,782 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $68,130,000 after buying an additional 314,420 shares during the period. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 49.4% during the first quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 935,490 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $140,120,000 after buying an additional 309,345 shares during the period. Finally, Boston Partners increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 7.7% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,263,417 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $636,854,000 after buying an additional 305,143 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on KEYS shares. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 18th. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Monday. They issued a “hold” rating and a $180.00 price objective on the stock. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $186.56.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,544,528.20. This represents a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $175.31 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $30.13 billion, a PE ratio of 55.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.18. 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 Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $121.43 and a fifty-two week high of $186.20. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $169.44 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $162.21.

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

Keysight Technologies 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.