Strs Ohio Buys Shares of 14,309 Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Strs Ohio bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 14,309 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,345,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Summit Financial LLC raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.2% during the first quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 3,468 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $519,000 after buying an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. Private Trust Co. NA raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 39.9% during the first quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 263 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 9.1% in the first quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 910 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $146,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.4% in the second quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 3,466 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $579,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 49.1% in the second quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 246 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 1.8%

KEYS stock opened at $186.23 on Tuesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $121.43 and a twelve month high of $187.11. The company has a market cap of $32.00 billion, a PE ratio of 59.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.18. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $170.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $163.27. The company has a quick ratio of 2.94, a current ratio of 3.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share 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 business had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.57 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, research analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

KEYS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $180.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Bank of America raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $186.56.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies 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 approximately $18,544,528.20. The trade was a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies 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.