Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Price Target Raised to $305.00 at Morgan Stanley

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) had its price target boosted by Morgan Stanley from $268.00 to $305.00 in a research report sent to investors on Friday, Marketbeat.com reports. They currently have an equal weight rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on KEYS. Citigroup upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $282.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Wall Street Zen upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $322.00 to $384.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 16th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $322.83.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 3.3%

NYSE KEYS opened at $349.52 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $315.39 and a 200 day simple moving average of $248.74. The company has a market capitalization of $59.94 billion, a PE ratio of 62.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a current ratio of 2.60, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. Keysight Technologies has a 12 month low of $152.85 and a 12 month high of $370.17.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The firm’s revenue was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter 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. Research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies will post 7.86 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total value of $594,380.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 34,499 shares in the company, valued at $10,252,757.81. This represents a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total value of $596,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 125,272 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $37,377,406.64. This trade represents a 1.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,533,230. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,525,694 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $4,373,806,000 after acquiring an additional 101,856 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 17,419,811 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,539,532,000 after buying an additional 85,693 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,191,895 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,664,511,000 after buying an additional 200,279 shares during the period. Boston Partners boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.4% during the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $851,525,000 after buying an additional 160,728 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 6.5% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,940,767 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $800,732,000 after buying an additional 240,058 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Keysight Technologies

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.