Generali Asset Management SPA SGR Reduces Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Generali Asset Management SPA SGR decreased its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS - Free Report) by 47.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 11,884 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after selling 10,871 shares during the period. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR's holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $1,947,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,969,511 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $3,140,604,000 after purchasing an additional 95,876 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its position in Keysight Technologies by 16.6% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,790,100 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $2,814,195,000 after buying an additional 2,675,148 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 7.7% in the 1st quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,263,417 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $636,854,000 after buying an additional 305,143 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,317,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $496,892,000 after buying an additional 33,818 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,273,896 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $340,561,000 after acquiring an additional 53,846 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on KEYS. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "equal weight" rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen cut Keysight Technologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, September 20th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $187.38.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

NYSE:KEYS opened at $162.15 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.94, a current ratio of 3.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $121.43 and a 52 week high of $186.20. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $168.61 and its 200-day moving average price is $159.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.87 billion, a PE ratio of 51.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.18.

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

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In related news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $18,544,528.20. The trade was a 1.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company's stock.

Keysight Technologies Company 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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