Composition Wealth LLC Makes New $4.35 Million Investment in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Composition Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 21,412 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,351,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Optiver Holding B.V. acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the third quarter worth $35,000. Westfuller Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $45,000. True Wealth Design LLC lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 68.5% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 278 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.2% in the 3rd quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $51,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $500,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 122,398 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,719,400. This represents a 1.34% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total value of $8,578,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 163,377 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,719,286.92. The trade was a 15.51% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 40,334 shares of company stock worth $11,533,230. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently commented on KEYS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Barclays upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Wall Street Zen raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, Zacks Research raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $314.33.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $352.13 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $303.06 and its two-hundred day moving average is $236.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 2.02. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $145.51 and a 1-year high of $353.52. The company has a market cap of $60.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 1.26.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The company had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.82 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s revenue was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. Analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 7.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies Company Profile

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.