USS Investment Management Ltd Purchases 2,077 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

USS Investment Management Ltd lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 6.1% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 36,357 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,077 shares during the quarter. USS Investment Management Ltd’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $10,267,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. IFM Investors Pty Ltd raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.2% in the 1st quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 34,260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $9,674,000 after acquiring an additional 1,078 shares in the last quarter. Premier Path Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth approximately $358,000. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 2.8% during the first quarter. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC now owns 1,260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $356,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the period. Simmons Bank bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the first quarter worth approximately $209,000. Finally, Continuum Advisory LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the first quarter worth approximately $226,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on KEYS shares. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Susquehanna increased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,562,722.18. The trade was a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $336.27 on Thursday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $152.85 and a 12-month high of $374.96. The business’s fifty day moving average is $347.35 and its 200 day moving average is $285.75. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The stock has a market cap of $57.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.22.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies is a global provider of electronic design, test, measurement and optimization solutions for communications, electronics and related industries. The company was formed as a corporate spin-off from Agilent Technologies in 2014; its origins trace back to the electronic measurement business that was part of Hewlett‑Packard before Agilent. Keysight develops hardware and software used throughout the product development lifecycle, from design and simulation to prototype validation and manufacturing test.

Keysight’s product portfolio includes electronic test and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, network and spectrum analyzers, signal generators, vector network analyzers and modular PXI-based systems, together with software platforms for simulation, automated test and data analysis.