Swiss National Bank Reduces Stock Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Swiss National Bank cut its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 496,100 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 26,900 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $86,778,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. WINTON GROUP Ltd purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $895,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 40.2% during the third quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 253,025 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $44,224,000 after acquiring an additional 72,560 shares in the last quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the third quarter worth $204,000. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 33.3% in the third quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 17,031 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $2,979,000 after acquiring an additional 4,252 shares during the period. Finally, Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 11.8% in the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 273,819 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $47,896,000 after acquiring an additional 28,805 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.68, for a total value of $475,360.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 107,861 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,636,402.48. The trade was a 1.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Sung Yoon sold 889 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.66, for a total transaction of $183,720.74. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 16,953 shares in the company, valued at $3,503,506.98. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 4,889 shares of company stock valued at $1,167,221 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $285.21 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $237.38 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $201.01. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $121.43 and a fifty-two week high of $317.00. The company has a market capitalization of $48.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.39, a P/E/G ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The company had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.82 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. Analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Monday, November 24th that allows the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the scientific and technical instruments company to buy up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the subject of several research reports. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $295.36.

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.