Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Increases Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 432.1% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 50,636 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 41,120 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $14,298,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth about $45,000. DV Equities LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $49,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 497.7% in the 4th quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 257 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $52,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at about $57,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. This represents a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at $7,562,722.18. This represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 3.9%

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $336.27 on Thursday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $152.85 and a 1-year 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 stock has a market cap of $57.47 billion, a PE ratio of 55.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.21. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $347.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $285.75.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.70 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Susquehanna increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, June 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

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.