NewEdge Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 19.5% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 9,043 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,474 shares during the quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $2,554,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of KEYS. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.1% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth $44,000. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the first quarter valued at $58,000. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the first quarter valued at $60,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have commented on KEYS shares. Susquehanna upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wall Street Zen lowered Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 0.2%

KEYS stock opened at $353.80 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $332.78 and a 200 day moving average price of $311.08. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $152.85 and a 12 month high of $374.96. 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 company has a market cap of $60.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.22.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 last year, the company posted $1.70 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total value of $681,740.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 105,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,084,839.07. The trade was a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% 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. In the last quarter, insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock worth $1,904,669. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies 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.