Hollencrest Capital Management Acquires New Holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Hollencrest Capital Management bought a new position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 2,468 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $864,000.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Allworth Financial LP acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the second quarter worth $2,316,000. Findlay Park Partners LLP acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at $157,137,000. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at $11,917,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $9,739,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 11.1% in the 4th quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 39,009 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $7,926,000 after acquiring an additional 3,882 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

KEYS has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $387.00 to $429.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.83.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, Director Jean Mcclung Nye sold 3,000 shares of the company’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 approximately $11,412,753.44. This represents a 7.74% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% 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. Insiders have sold 10,507 shares of company stock worth $3,491,649 in the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 1.9%

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $319.58 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $158.79 and a 52-week high of $374.96. The stock has a market cap of $54.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 2.02. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $329.16 and a 200-day moving average of $318.66.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share 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 net margin of 19.08% and a return on equity of 24.34%. The firm’s revenue was up 36.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 10.03 earnings per share 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.