Zacks Research Has Bullish Forecast for KEYS FY2025 Earnings

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) – Research analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Keysight Technologies in a report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the scientific and technical instruments company will post earnings per share of $6.20 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $6.19. The consensus estimate for Keysight Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $6.32 per share.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $163.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Barclays upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $170.00 to $200.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised 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. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $183.33.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $160.49 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $169.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $160.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 2.27 and a current ratio of 2.98. The stock has a market cap of $27.75 billion, a PE ratio of 45.85, a P/E/G ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.02. Keysight Technologies has a 1 year low of $119.72 and a 1 year high of $186.20.

Insider Activity

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP John Page sold 3,884 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.66, for a total transaction of $658,959.44. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 37,081 shares in the company, valued at $6,291,162.46. The trade was a 9.48 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 4,412 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $171.92, for a total value of $758,511.04. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now 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 position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 32,118 shares of company stock valued at $5,411,891 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in KEYS. Cypress Asset Management Inc. TX purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $252,000. Ascent Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 9,868 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,585,000 after buying an additional 487 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 1,755,315 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $281,956,000 after buying an additional 27,179 shares in the last quarter. Forum Financial Management LP increased its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 24.5% in the fourth quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 1,735 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $279,000 after buying an additional 341 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $1,120,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.