86,880 Shares in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Purchased by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 86,880 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,414,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quarry LP acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Fiduciary Financial Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth approximately $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Compass Financial Management LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth approximately $34,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have issued reports on KEYS shares. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $385.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.83.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

KEYS stock opened at $326.39 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $158.79 and a 52-week high of $374.96. The company has a quick ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The stock has a market cap of $55.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a fifty day moving average of $330.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of $318.65.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. The business had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.75 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 19.08%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 36.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.72 EPS. 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. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 10.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. This trade represents a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $314.66, for a total transaction of $629,320.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 103,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,680,902.26. This represents a 1.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 10,507 shares of company stock worth $3,491,649. 0.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.