Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Has $23.03 Million Holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 117.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 140,546 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 75,956 shares during the period. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. owned about 0.08% of Keysight Technologies worth $23,030,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the 1st 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 during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of 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 worth $2,814,195,000 after acquiring an additional 2,675,148 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners boosted 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 purchasing an additional 305,143 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 1.0% in the first 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 purchasing an additional 33,818 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% in 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 last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

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 completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 106,590 shares in the company, 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 can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on KEYS shares. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and set a $180.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Friday, October 10th. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, October 27th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $180.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 1st. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $186.56.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $180.64 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $31.04 billion, a PE ratio of 57.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 3.59 and a quick ratio of 2.94. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $187.67. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $171.60 and its 200 day moving average price is $164.61.

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, beating 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 company 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 posted $1.57 earnings per share. 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. As a group, analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current 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.