Corient Private Wealth LP Purchases 9,781 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Corient Private Wealth LP raised its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYSFree Report) by 11.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 94,649 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 9,781 shares during the quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP owned 0.06% of Keysight Technologies worth $33,134,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Allworth Financial LP acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,316,000. Findlay Park Partners LLP acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth approximately $157,137,000. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth approximately $11,917,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth $9,739,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 11.1% during the 4th quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 39,009 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $7,926,000 after acquiring an additional 3,882 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $314.66, for a total value of $629,320.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 103,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,680,902.26. This trade represents a 1.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders sold 10,507 shares of company stock valued at $3,491,649. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on KEYS. Barclays upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $387.00 to $429.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $390.00 to $405.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $392.83.

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Keysight Technologies Trading Up 1.4%

KEYS opened at $326.39 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $55.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.83, a PEG ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $158.79 and a fifty-two week high of $374.96. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $330.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $318.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.62.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYSGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 19.08%.The business had revenue of $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.75 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.72 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 36.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.400 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.460-11.460 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 10.03 earnings per share for the current year.

About Keysight Technologies

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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.

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