Hahn Capital Management LLC Decreases Stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Hahn Capital Management LLC lessened its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 1.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 53,103 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 852 shares during the quarter. Keysight Technologies accounts for 4.1% of Hahn Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest holding. Hahn Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $8,701,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of KEYS. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 16.6% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,790,100 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,814,195,000 after acquiring an additional 2,675,148 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 1,224.5% during the first quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,991,884 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $298,324,000 after acquiring an additional 1,841,494 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 310.2% during the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 415,782 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $68,130,000 after acquiring an additional 314,420 shares during the last quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 49.4% during the first quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 935,490 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $140,120,000 after acquiring an additional 309,345 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Boston Partners increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 7.7% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,263,417 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $636,854,000 after acquiring an additional 305,143 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently commented on KEYS shares. Bank of America upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. Barclays lowered their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $187.38.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total transaction of $347,960.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 106,590 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,544,528.20. This represents a 1.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 1.0%

NYSE KEYS opened at $174.80 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $167.80 and its 200 day moving average is $158.96. The company has a current ratio of 3.59, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $121.43 and a 12 month high of $186.20. The stock has a market cap of $30.04 billion, a PE ratio of 55.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.18.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 10.36%.The company had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.57 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. Research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.