NewEdge Advisors LLC Purchases 1,474 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 19.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 9,043 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,474 shares during the quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $2,554,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. AQR Capital Management LLC increased 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 buying an additional 13,085 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its stake in 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 worth $387,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised 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 valued at $1,595,000 after buying an additional 2,461 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 66.5% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 393 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $59,000 after buying an additional 157 shares during the period. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at $254,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on KEYS. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Zacks Research raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

NYSE KEYS opened at $353.80 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $152.85 and a 1 year high of $374.96. The company has a market cap of $60.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.19, a PEG ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.22. 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’s fifty day moving average price is $332.78 and its 200 day moving average price is $311.08.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its earnings results 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. 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were 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 $7,562,722.18. The trade was a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock worth $1,904,669. 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.