Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank Sells 85,110 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank reduced its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 65.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 45,795 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 85,110 shares during the quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $9,305,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Paradiem LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth about $979,000. Madison Asset Management LLC grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 7.6% in the 3rd quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 571,222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $99,918,000 after acquiring an additional 40,153 shares during the last quarter. National Pension Service grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 291,237 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,943,000 after acquiring an additional 6,957 shares during the last quarter. Willis Investment Counsel grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 80,609 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $16,379,000 after acquiring an additional 4,333 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $1,137,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total transaction of $475,360.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 107,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,636,402.48. The trade was a 1.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total value of $594,380.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 34,499 shares in the company, valued at $10,252,757.81. The trade was a 5.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,533,230. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS stock opened at $346.98 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $59.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.52, a PEG ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 1.15. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $292.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $230.05. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $137.09 and a one year high of $348.43. 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 (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 16.84% and a return on equity of 19.26%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $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. On average, equities analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 7.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the subject of several research reports. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Bank of America raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $314.33.

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.