Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Cuts Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 44.1% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 29,761 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 23,461 shares during the period. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $6,047,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Meyer Handelman Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $229,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 34.7% in the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,915,146 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $395,650,000 after purchasing an additional 493,709 shares in the last quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 26.4% in the 4th quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG now owns 5,864 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,192,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226 shares in the last quarter. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. now owns 66,244 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $13,460,000 after purchasing an additional 941 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC now owns 5,719 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,162,000 after purchasing an additional 406 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total transaction of $8,578,800.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 163,377 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,719,286.92. This trade represents a 15.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total transaction of $475,360.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 107,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,636,402.48. This trade represents a 1.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 40,334 shares of company stock worth $11,533,230 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have weighed in on KEYS shares. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $304.17.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $291.21 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $262.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $214.49. The stock has a market cap of $49.94 billion, a PE ratio of 52.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.15. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $317.00.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The company had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.82 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.