Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Ingrid Estrada Sells 2,000 Shares of Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Ingrid Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $314.66, for a total value of $629,320.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 103,861 shares in the company, valued at $32,680,902.26. The trade was a 1.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $310.69 on Tuesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $158.79 and a one year high of $374.96. The company has a market cap of $53.10 billion, a PE ratio of 42.68, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.22. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $331.94 and a 200-day moving average of $316.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.62.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.48 by $0.59. The business had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.75 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 19.08%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 36.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.72 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.400 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.460-11.460 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 34,044.8% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 92,234,343 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,288,476,000 after purchasing an additional 91,964,216 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth about $7,030,806,000. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at about $435,542,000. Focus Partners Wealth increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3,941.3% in the 4th quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 1,406,286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $285,743,000 after buying an additional 1,371,488 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $464,017,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently issued reports on KEYS. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $385.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $392.83.

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.