Insider Selling: Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) CEO Sells $183,189.24 in Stock

Posted by on Jul 2nd, 2026

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS – Get Free Report) CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the business’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 directly owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 3.9%

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $336.27 on Thursday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $152.85 and a 12-month high of $374.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The stock has a market cap of $57.47 billion, a PE ratio of 55.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a 50-day moving average of $347.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $285.75.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. Citigroup upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Barclays lifted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Zacks Research raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $371.92.

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Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% in the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter worth approximately $44,000. Eastern Bank grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 79.0% in the 2nd quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 179 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $63,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the period. Finally, Western Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $58,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

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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