Rakuten Investment Management Inc. Increases Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Rakuten Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 10.1% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 28,051 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,581 shares during the quarter. Rakuten Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $9,541,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Glenview Trust Co acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at $583,000. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 9.2% during the 2nd quarter. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC now owns 5,956 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $2,085,000 after acquiring an additional 503 shares in the last quarter. Equitable Holdings Inc. acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth about $242,000. Centaurus Financial Inc. purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at about $402,000. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 172.4% during the 2nd quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 26,972 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $9,442,000 after acquiring an additional 17,071 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on KEYS. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $420.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $385.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $390.00 to $405.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $392.83.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $319.58 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $329.16 and a 200-day simple moving average of $318.66. The stock has a market cap of $54.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $158.79 and a 12-month high of $374.96.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its 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. 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 analyst estimates of $1.75 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.72 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’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 10.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $314.66, for a total value of $629,320.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 103,861 shares in the company, valued at $32,680,902.26. This trade represents a 1.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 10,507 shares of company stock valued at $3,491,649. 0.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.