3,066 Shares in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Purchased by Globeflex Capital L P

Globeflex Capital L P bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 3,066 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,073,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Quarry LP acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth approximately $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Compass Financial Management LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Virtus Advisers LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at $35,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 7,507 shares of company stock worth $2,533,989. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 1.7%

NYSE:KEYS opened at $310.69 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $331.94 and its 200 day moving average price is $316.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.68, a PEG ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $158.79 and a 1-year high of $374.96.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. The company had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.75 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 19.08%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 36.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on KEYS. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $425.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Keysight Technologies from $390.00 to $405.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a 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 issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.83.

Keysight Technologies 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.