Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Acquired by Jones Financial Companies Lllp

Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 14.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 91,601 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 11,583 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $15,879,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $316,690,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2,290.3% during the 3rd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,421,437 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $246,051,000 after purchasing an additional 1,361,969 shares during the last quarter. Man Group plc lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 164.3% in the 2nd quarter. Man Group plc now owns 1,010,399 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $165,564,000 after buying an additional 628,082 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2,004.8% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 572,836 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $93,865,000 after buying an additional 545,620 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Boston Partners grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 10.5% during the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,709,540 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $771,359,000 after buying an additional 446,123 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.88, for a total transaction of $5,906,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 198,389 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $39,058,826.32. The trade was a 13.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 4,827 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.42, for a total value of $948,119.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 110,079 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,621,717.18. This trade represents a 4.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 78,784 shares of company stock valued at $15,841,737 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on KEYS shares. Wall Street Zen cut Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 31st. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $208.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $221.64.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $221.33 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 1.78 and a current ratio of 2.35. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.20. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $232.92. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $209.58 and a 200 day moving average price of $184.14.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.39 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 15.71% and a return on equity of 19.30%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.65 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Keysight Technologies announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Monday, November 24th that allows the company to buyback $1.50 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the scientific and technical instruments company to purchase up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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.