ING Groep NV Has $9.59 Million Stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

ING Groep NV lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 13.1% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 47,210 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,460 shares during the period. ING Groep NV’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $9,593,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Optiver Holding B.V. acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $45,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.2% during the 3rd quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 497.7% during the 4th quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 257 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $52,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $59,000 after acquiring an additional 157 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

KEYS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Susquehanna raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Zacks Research raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wall Street Zen raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. One investment 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 MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS stock opened at $329.67 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $332.65 and a 200-day moving average price of $266.49. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $152.85 and a 1-year high of $370.17. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The firm has a market cap of $56.54 billion, a PE ratio of 54.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.22.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The firm had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.70 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,562,722.18. The trade was a 12.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total value of $596,740.00. Following the transaction, 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 position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 40,334 shares of company stock worth $11,793,190 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

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.