Jean Mcclung Nye Sells 3,000 Shares of Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Director Jean Mcclung Nye sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $319.22, for a total value of $957,660.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 35,752 shares in the company, valued at $11,412,753.44. This trade represents a 7.74% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 1.7%

KEYS stock opened at $310.69 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $331.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is $316.57. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $158.79 and a 12 month high of $374.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.10 billion, a PE ratio of 42.68, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.62.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 19.08%.The firm had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.75 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.72 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 36.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.400 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.460-11.460 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 34,044.8% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 92,234,343 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,288,476,000 after acquiring an additional 91,964,216 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at $7,030,806,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $435,542,000. Focus Partners Wealth raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 3,941.3% during the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 1,406,286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $285,743,000 after buying an additional 1,371,488 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth about $464,017,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

KEYS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Susquehanna boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $425.00 to $440.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $392.83.

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.