Caprock Group LLC Buys 3,366 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Key Points

• Caprock Group LLC raised its stake in Keysight by 48.4%, buying 3,366 shares to hold 10,319 shares worth about $2.10 million per its latest SEC filing.
• Company insiders have been net sellers recently — SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares at $297.19 and CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares at $300, with insiders selling 40,334 shares (~$11.53M) over the past three months.
• Keysight beat quarterly expectations (EPS $2.17 vs. $2.00; revenue $1.60B vs. $1.54B), set FY2026 guidance around 8.59 EPS, and carries a consensus analyst rating of Moderate Buy with a $314.33 target.

Caprock Group LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS - Free Report) by 48.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 10,319 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after buying an additional 3,366 shares during the period. Caprock Group LLC's holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $2,097,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Paradiem LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth about $979,000. Madison Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 7.6% during the third quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 571,222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $99,918,000 after acquiring an additional 40,153 shares in the last quarter. National Pension Service boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.4% in the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 291,237 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $50,943,000 after purchasing an additional 6,957 shares during the period. Willis Investment Counsel boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 80,609 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $16,379,000 after purchasing an additional 4,333 shares during the period. Finally, Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,137,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total value of $594,380.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 34,499 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,252,757.81. The trade was a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 122,398 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $36,719,400. The trade was a 1.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,533,230 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company's stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $346.76 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $140.73 and a 12-month high of $352.78. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $294.85 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $231.25. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.47 billion, a PE ratio of 62.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a current ratio of 2.60, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The business's revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.82 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 7.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have commented on KEYS shares. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $295.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Susquehanna reiterated a "positive" rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Barclays raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $232.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $314.33.

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.

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