Simon Quick Advisors LLC Purchases New Shares in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Simon Quick Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 2,278 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $373,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Private Trust Co. NA grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 39.9% in the 1st quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 263 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the period. Calamos Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $7,039,000. IFM Investors Pty Ltd grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 11.4% in the 1st quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 34,176 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $5,432,000 after acquiring an additional 3,488 shares during the period. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $79,000. Finally, Impax Asset Management Group plc grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3.6% in the 1st quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 8,129 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,217,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares in the company, valued at $18,544,528.20. The trade was a 1.84% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 4.5%

NYSE KEYS opened at $183.30 on Monday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $121.43 and a 52 week high of $186.20. The company has a quick ratio of 2.94, a current ratio of 3.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $169.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $162.91. The firm has a market cap of $31.50 billion, a PE ratio of 58.37, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 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 the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 10.36%.The business had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.57 EPS. The company’s quarterly 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. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on KEYS shares. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of 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. lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $180.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $186.56.

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.