Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Makes New Investment in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 47,930 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,739,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 92.6% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 27,216 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,965,000 after acquiring an additional 13,085 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 5.0% during the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 2,581 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $387,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 30.0% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,652 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,595,000 after acquiring an additional 2,461 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 66.5% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 393 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $59,000 after acquiring an additional 157 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $254,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have commented on KEYS. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Bank of America upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 target price for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $346.53 on Monday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $321.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $255.12. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $152.85 and a 12-month high of $370.17. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The stock has a market cap of $59.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.00, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.26.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.70 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 7.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Jo Ann Juskie sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $304.42, for a total transaction of $304,420.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 12,552 shares in the company, valued at $3,821,079.84. This represents a 7.38% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief financial officer 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 disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 38,334 shares of company stock worth $11,057,870 over the last 90 days. 0.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.