Krilogy Financial LLC Makes New Investment in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Krilogy Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 2,983 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $554,000.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of KEYS. True Wealth Design LLC raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 358.3% during the second quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 165 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 155.2% in the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 171 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth $34,000. IFP Advisors Inc boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 49.1% in the 2nd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 246 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Westfuller Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at about $45,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have issued reports on KEYS. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. UBS Group set a $230.00 target price on Keysight Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Susquehanna increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price target on Keysight Technologies in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $221.64.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 4,230 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $211.43, for a total transaction of $894,348.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 128,131 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,090,737.33. This represents a 3.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP John Page sold 15,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $213.48, for a total transaction of $3,202,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 21,393 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,566,977.64. This trade represents a 41.22% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 78,784 shares of company stock valued at $15,841,737. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $233.46 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $121.43 and a fifty-two week high of $242.62. The business’s fifty day moving average is $213.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is $187.38. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The firm has a market cap of $40.04 billion, a PE ratio of 47.74, a P/E/G ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 1.20.

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

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, November 24th that permits the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the scientific and technical instruments company to repurchase up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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.