Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Acquired by Chicago Capital LLC

Key Points

• Chicago Capital LLC has increased its stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. by 113.7% during the second quarter, now holding 5,556 shares valued at approximately $910,000.
• Keysight Technologies reported $1.72 earnings per share for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, with quarterly revenue increasing by 11.1% year over year to $1.35 billion.
• Analysts have mixed outlooks on Keysight Technologies, with Barclays lowering its price target from $200.00 to $195.00, while JPMorgan Chase raised its target from $177.00 to $200.00.

Chicago Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS - Free Report) by 113.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 5,556 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,956 shares during the period. Chicago Capital LLC's holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $910,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of KEYS. Accent Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth $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 acquiring an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 1st quarter worth about $36,000. Private Trust Co. NA raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 39.9% in the 1st quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 263 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at about $39,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 106,590 shares of the company's stock, valued at $18,544,528.20. The trade was a 1.84% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

NYSE:KEYS opened at $174.93 on Wednesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $121.43 and a fifty-two week high of $186.20. The firm's 50 day moving average is $167.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $158.72. The company has a market cap of $30.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.71, a P/E/G ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.16. 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 (NYSE:KEYS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 10.36%.The business had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.57 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. Analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Wall Street Zen lowered Keysight Technologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, September 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $187.38.

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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