Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt Has $4.17 Million Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Key Points

• Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 7.6%, owning a total of 25,448 shares valued at $4.17 million as of the latest SEC filing.
• Multiple institutional investors have boosted their holdings in Keysight Technologies, with notable increases including Victory Capital Management raising its position by 1,224.5% and GAMMA Investing LLC lifting its stake by 36,268.6% in the first quarter.
• Keysight Technologies reported a strong quarterly performance with an earnings per share of $1.72, surpassing estimates, and it has set a fiscal year 2025 earnings guidance of $7.090 per share.

Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt boosted its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS - Free Report) by 7.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 25,448 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after acquiring an additional 1,800 shares during the period. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt's holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $4,169,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 97.8% in the 1st quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division now owns 182 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Accent Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth about $28,000. Manchester Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 85.0% in 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 buying an additional 108 shares during the period. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth $36,000. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 39.9% in 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 acquiring an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 12,215 shares of Keysight Technologies 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 115,228 shares of the company's stock, valued at $18,966,528.80. The trade was a 9.58% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 106,590 shares in the company, valued at $18,544,528.20. This represents a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 Stock Performance

KEYS stock traded up $1.15 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $178.36. 2,324,472 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 859,835. The stock's 50-day moving average is $165.82 and its 200 day moving average is $157.60. The company has a current ratio of 3.59, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The stock has a market cap of $30.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 56.80, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.16. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $121.43 and a 52-week high of $186.20.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.53%. The business's revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.57 EPS. 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, analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently weighed in on KEYS. 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. Barclays decreased their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Wall Street Zen cut Keysight Technologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday. 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 equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $187.38.

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.