Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas Invests $4.92 Million in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas bought a new position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 24,213 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,920,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Haven Private LLC increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Haven Private LLC now owns 4,063 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $826,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,324 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $269,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 12.9% during the 4th quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT now owns 515 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $105,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 6,332 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,287,000 after buying an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 9,483 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,927,000 after buying an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total transaction of $596,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 125,272 shares in the company, valued at approximately $37,377,406.64. This trade represents a 1.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was 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 approximately $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 10,334 shares of company stock valued at $3,214,390 in the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Bank of America raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of KEYS opened at $356.64 on Tuesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $152.85 and a 52-week high of $370.17. The company has a market cap of $60.95 billion, a PE ratio of 58.66, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a fifty day moving average of $339.46 and a 200 day moving average of $273.31. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.70 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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 year.

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.