JPMorgan Chase & Co. Raises Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Price Target to $360.00

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) had its price objective lifted by equities research analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $300.00 to $360.00 in a research report issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an “overweight” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s target price indicates a potential upside of 9.15% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on KEYS. Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Barclays boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $295.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $322.00 to $384.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $314.33.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of NYSE:KEYS traded up $4.58 during trading on Thursday, reaching $329.83. The stock had a trading volume of 811,669 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,401,677. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $279.94 and its 200 day moving average is $223.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. Keysight Technologies has a 52 week low of $129.88 and a 52 week high of $334.99. The stock has a market cap of $56.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.43, a P/E/G ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.15.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total transaction of $596,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 125,272 shares in the company, valued at approximately $37,377,406.64. The trade was a 1.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total transaction of $594,380.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 34,499 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,252,757.81. The trade was a 5.48% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 40,334 shares of company stock worth $11,533,230 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Optiver Holding B.V. purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Westfuller Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at $45,000. Entrust Financial LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 68.5% during the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 278 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $49,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

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.