Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Sold by Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co

Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co cut its stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 18.7% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 13,536 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 3,109 shares during the quarter. Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $2,218,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. True Wealth Design LLC grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 358.3% during the second quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 155.2% during the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 171 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Accent Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $28,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 85.0% during the 1st quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 235 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on KEYS. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. UBS Group set a $230.00 target price on Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $195.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $232.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $214.82.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

NYSE:KEYS opened at $196.33 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $174.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $167.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.52, a PEG ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $121.43 and a twelve month high of $201.50. The company has a current ratio of 3.59, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.39 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 10.36%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.65 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect 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 initiated a share buyback plan on Monday, November 24th that allows the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the scientific and technical instruments company to repurchase up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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.