Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Sold by Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE

Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE trimmed its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 0.4% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 21,246 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 86 shares during the quarter. Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $3,481,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,969,511 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,140,604,000 after buying an additional 95,876 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.6% in the 1st 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 period. Boston Partners lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 7.7% during the 1st 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 in the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,317,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $496,892,000 after acquiring an additional 33,818 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,273,896 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $340,561,000 after purchasing an additional 53,846 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have commented on KEYS shares. Bank of America boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Friday. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 20th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $187.38.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $159.39 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $121.43 and a 52 week high of $186.20. The company has a current ratio of 3.59, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The stock has a market cap of $27.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.18. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $168.39 and a 200-day moving average of $159.56.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 106,590 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,544,528.20. The trade was a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

About Keysight Technologies

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.