Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab Sells 10,780 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab cut its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 9.9% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 97,782 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 10,780 shares during the period. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $19,868,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Madison Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 7.6% in the third quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 571,222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $99,918,000 after acquiring an additional 40,153 shares during the period. National Pension Service grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% in the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 291,237 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,943,000 after acquiring an additional 6,957 shares during the period. Willis Investment Counsel grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 80,609 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $16,379,000 after acquiring an additional 4,333 shares during the period. Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,137,000. Finally, Belpointe Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,123,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total transaction of $475,360.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 107,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,636,402.48. This represents a 1.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total value of $8,578,800.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 163,377 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,719,286.92. This trade represents a 15.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,533,230. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $350.60 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $303.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $236.01. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $144.86 and a 52 week high of $352.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $60.13 billion, a PE ratio of 63.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 1.15.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.82 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. Analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 7.86 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

KEYS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Citigroup boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $282.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. UBS Group boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Barclays boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Zacks Research cut Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $322.00 to $384.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $314.33.

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.