Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Sells $790,104.56 in Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Jeffrey Li sold 3,934 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.84, for a total transaction of $790,104.56. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 36,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,370,627.16. The trade was a 9.68% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS opened at $208.78 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $177.57 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $169.02. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $121.43 and a 52-week high of $209.87. The company has a market cap of $35.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.70, a PEG ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.39 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 15.71% and a return on equity of 19.30%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.65 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Monday, November 24th that permits the company to buyback $1.50 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the scientific and technical instruments company to buy up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup lifted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $208.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $232.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $214.82.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,423,838 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,747,458,000 after purchasing an additional 97,064 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.6% during the 1st 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 purchasing an additional 2,675,148 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,973,742 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,306,577,000 after buying an additional 55,358 shares during the period. Boston Partners boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3.4% during the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $851,525,000 after buying an additional 160,728 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.9% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,575,953 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $747,437,000 after acquiring an additional 40,560 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

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.