Nykredit A S Invests $30.08 Million in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Nykredit A S bought a new position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 85,937 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,084,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of KEYS. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 15.0% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $63,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. now owns 3,276 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $925,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its stake 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 valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.3% in the first quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,333 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $659,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.5% in the first quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 219 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $62,000 after acquiring an additional 31 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on KEYS shares. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $420.00 to $440.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $385.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, Susquehanna raised their target price on Keysight Technologies from $425.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $392.83.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

NYSE KEYS opened at $322.44 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.62. The firm has a market capitalization of $55.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $326.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $321.71. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $158.79 and a 52-week high of $374.96.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.48 by $0.59. The firm had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.75 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 19.08% and a return on equity of 24.34%. The firm’s revenue was up 36.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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. Equities research analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 10.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Jean Mcclung Nye sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $319.22, for a total transaction of $957,660.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 35,752 shares in the company, valued at $11,412,753.44. This trade represents a 7.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 7,507 shares of company stock valued at $2,451,909 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

About Keysight Technologies

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.