OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp Boosts Stock Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 15.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 18,514 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,509 shares during the quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $5,228,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of KEYS. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% in the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter worth about $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $49,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently issued reports on KEYS shares. Susquehanna boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen raised Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the director directly owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. The trade was a 12.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. This trade represents a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 5,507 shares of company stock worth $1,904,669. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

NYSE KEYS opened at $319.22 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $54.55 billion, a PE ratio of 52.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.21. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $336.66 and its 200-day moving average price is $299.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $152.85 and a 52-week high of $374.96.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, topping 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%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.