Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Purchased by Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt

Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 657.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 12,098 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,500 shares during the quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $4,234,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Fiduciary Financial Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its position 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Compass Financial Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $314.66, for a total transaction of $629,320.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 103,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,680,902.26. This represents a 1.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 10,507 shares of company stock worth $3,491,649 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

NYSE KEYS opened at $319.58 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $158.79 and a fifty-two week high of $374.96. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $329.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is $318.66. The firm has a market cap of $54.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.22. 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 released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. The company had revenue of $1.85 billion during 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 was up 36.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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, analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 10.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on KEYS. Weiss Ratings upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Susquehanna raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $425.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. 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 report on Wednesday, August 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price 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.