Dean Capital Management Takes $2.02 Million Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Dean Capital Management purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm purchased 9,919 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,015,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Belpointe Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $1,123,000. Confluence Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 334,338 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $67,934,000 after acquiring an additional 7,398 shares during the last quarter. Willis Investment Counsel raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 80,609 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $16,379,000 after acquiring an additional 4,333 shares during the last quarter. Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $1,137,000. Finally, Oak Harvest Investment Services purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $4,070,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 3.6%

KEYS opened at $363.47 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.90 and a quick ratio of 1.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $62.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a 50-day moving average of $343.07 and a two-hundred day moving average of $276.65. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $152.85 and a 12 month high of $370.17.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. 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, May 21st. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. 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. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,719,400. This trade represents a 1.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 8,667 shares of company stock valued at $2,730,960 in the last ninety days. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.