Rokos Capital Management LLP Makes New Investment in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Rokos Capital Management LLP bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 75,158 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,223,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 92.6% in 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 raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.0% during the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 2,581 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $387,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 30.0% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,652 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,595,000 after purchasing an additional 2,461 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 66.5% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 393 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $59,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the period. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter worth approximately $254,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $313.60 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $53.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.58, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.21. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $152.85 and a 52-week high of $374.96. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The company’s 50 day moving average is $336.13 and its 200 day moving average is $300.19.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share 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 analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.Keysight Technologies’s revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on the company. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Barclays upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Susquehanna increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total value of $681,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 105,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,084,839.07. The trade was a 1.85% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the company’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 sale, the director owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

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.