Globeflex Capital L P Buys Shares of 3,066 Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Globeflex Capital L P bought a new position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 3,066 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,073,000.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter worth $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% during the first 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 during the last quarter. Compass Financial Management LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Virtus Advisers LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the second quarter valued at about $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the sale, the director owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,562,722.18. The trade was a 12.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 7,507 shares of company stock valued at $2,533,989 over the last ninety days. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

KEYS has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. UBS Group upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $420.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Weiss Ratings raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target 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 given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $392.83.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 1.7%

NYSE KEYS opened at $310.69 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 2.02. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $331.94 and a 200 day simple moving average of $316.57. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $158.79 and a twelve month high of $374.96. The stock has a market cap of $53.10 billion, a PE ratio of 42.68, a PEG ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.22.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.59. The firm had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.75 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 19.08%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 36.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.72 earnings per share. 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, research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current 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.