1,936 Shares in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Acquired by Retireful LLC

Key Points

• Retireful LLC acquired 1,936 shares of Keysight Technologies, valued at approximately $317,000, indicating growing interest from hedge funds.
• Analysts have mixed views on Keysight Technologies, with target prices ranging from $175.00 to $200.00 and a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy."
• Keysight Technologies reported earnings of $1.72 per share for the last quarter, surpassing expectations, and projected fiscal year 2025 earnings guidance between 7.090-7.090 EPS.

Retireful LLC bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 1,936 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock, valued at approximately $317,000.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 97.8% in the first quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division now owns 182 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the period. Accent Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Manchester Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 85.0% during the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 235 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the first quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 39.9% during the first quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 263 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

KEYS has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Bank of America upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Barclays dropped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Keysight Technologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, September 20th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $187.38.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 12,215 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.60, for a total value of $2,010,589.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 115,228 shares of the company's stock, valued at $18,966,528.80. This represents a 9.58% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares of the company's stock, valued at $18,544,528.20. This trade represents a 1.84% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 14,357 shares of company stock worth $2,383,195 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company's stock.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 2.0%

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $174.37 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a current ratio of 3.59. The stock has a market cap of $29.97 billion, a PE ratio of 55.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.16. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $166.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of $158.03. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $186.20.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.53%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.57 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies Profile

Keysight Technologies, Inc provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.

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