Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.18 EPS

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.51 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.69 by ($0.18), Zacks reports. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 12.32% and a return on equity of 19.22%. Keysight Technologies updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.610-1.670 EPS and its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.610-1.670 EPS.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Keysight Technologies stock traded down $1.48 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $171.99. 1,962,015 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 967,554. Keysight Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $119.72 and a fifty-two week high of $186.20. The company has a current ratio of 2.98, a quick ratio of 2.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. The firm has a market cap of $29.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.14, a PEG ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.02. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $169.82 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $160.60.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 4,412 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.92, for a total transaction of $758,511.04. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 30,637 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,267,113.04. This trade represents a 12.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Kailash Narayanan sold 595 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $171.30, for a total transaction of $101,923.50. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 35,912 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,151,725.60. This represents a 1.63 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 32,713 shares of company stock worth $5,513,815. 0.61% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

KEYS has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. StockNews.com raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $163.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $182.22.

Keysight Technologies Company Profile

Keysight Technologies, Inc provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.