G&S Capital LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 9,358 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,276,000.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Quarry LP acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth approximately $49,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research firms recently weighed in on KEYS. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings cut Keysight Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. One investment 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 stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.
Keysight Technologies Trading Up 2.6%
Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $344.01 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $332.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $309.11. 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 $58.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.58, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.22.
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. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. The firm had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity
In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total value of $681,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 105,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,084,839.07. The trade was a 1.85% 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 three months, insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.
Keysight Technologies Company Profile
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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