Focus Partners Wealth Has $285.74 Million Holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 3,941.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,406,286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 1,371,488 shares during the quarter. Focus Partners Wealth’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $285,743,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Haven Private LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Haven Private LLC now owns 4,063 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $826,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,324 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $269,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the period. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 12.9% during the 4th quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT now owns 515 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $105,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 6,332 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,287,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Finally, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 9,483 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,927,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price target 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. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 2.9%

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $349.99 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $152.85 and a fifty-two week high of $370.17. The stock has a market cap of $59.81 billion, a PE ratio of 57.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $338.15 and its 200 day simple moving average is $271.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.70 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. Research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total value of $594,380.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 34,499 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,252,757.81. The trade was a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total transaction of $596,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 125,272 shares in the company, valued at approximately $37,377,406.64. This represents a 1.57% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,793,190. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies 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.