Susquehanna Issues Positive Forecast for Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Stock Price

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) had its target price lifted by equities researchers at Susquehanna from $300.00 to $415.00 in a report issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “positive” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. Susquehanna’s target price points to a potential upside of 18.73% from the stock’s current price.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on KEYS. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $268.00 to $305.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $322.00 to $384.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $332.42.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $349.52 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $59.94 billion, a PE ratio of 62.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 1.26. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $315.39 and its 200-day moving average is $249.31. 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 has a 52 week low of $152.85 and a 52 week high of $370.17.

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, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 16.84% and a return on equity of 19.26%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $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. Sell-side analysts predict that Keysight Technologies will post 7.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total transaction of $475,360.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 107,861 shares in the company, 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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total transaction of $594,380.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 34,499 shares in the company, valued at $10,252,757.81. This represents a 5.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,533,230. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the third quarter worth about $35,000. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth about $44,000. Finally, Westfuller Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the third quarter worth about $45,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.