Asset Management One Co. Ltd. Has $12.07 Million Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS - Free Report) by 6.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 80,569 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after buying an additional 5,008 shares during the period. Asset Management One Co. Ltd.'s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $12,067,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,952 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $314,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 2,410 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $387,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 1,629 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $262,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 4.8% in the first quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC now owns 1,847 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $277,000 after buying an additional 85 shares during the period. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,159 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $347,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of NYSE KEYS traded down $0.68 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $164.26. The company had a trading volume of 1,119,031 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,112,381. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $119.72 and a twelve month high of $186.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 2.75 and a current ratio of 3.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.27 billion, a PE ratio of 38.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.09. The stock's 50 day moving average is $156.03 and its 200-day moving average is $159.03.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 20th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 14.50% and a return on equity of 19.65%. The business had revenue of $1.32 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.41 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies's revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Bank of America upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $165.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $172.00 to $177.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 21st. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $156.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, March 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $183.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director Richard P. Hamada sold 1,589 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $162.00, for a total transaction of $257,418.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 42,160 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,829,920. This represents a 3.63% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP John Page sold 7,368 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.78, for a total transaction of $1,162,523.04. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 36,986 shares in the company, valued at $5,835,651.08. The trade was a 16.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 19,615 shares of company stock valued at $3,113,460 over the last three months. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.