Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Sold by Nisa Investment Advisors LLC

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lessened its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 44.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,761 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 23,461 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $6,047,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,423,838 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,747,458,000 after acquiring an additional 97,064 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,973,742 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,306,577,000 after purchasing an additional 55,358 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $851,525,000 after purchasing an additional 160,728 shares during the period. Capital World Investors grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,700,709 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $647,328,000 after purchasing an additional 58,039 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 8.5% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,021,463 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $528,514,000 after purchasing an additional 237,563 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently commented on KEYS. Truist Financial assumed coverage on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Tuesday. They issued a “hold” rating and a $310.00 target price for the company. Zacks Research lowered Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Barclays increased their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, UBS Group lifted 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. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $304.17.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total transaction of $596,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 125,272 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $37,377,406.64. This represents a 1.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total value of $475,360.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 107,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,636,402.48. This represents a 1.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 40,334 shares of company stock worth $11,533,230 in the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 0.5%

KEYS stock opened at $291.21 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.94 billion, a PE ratio of 52.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a fifty day moving average of $262.76 and a 200-day moving average of $214.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $317.00.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 16.84% and a return on equity of 19.26%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.82 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current 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.