T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. Has $496.89 Million Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Key Points

• T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 1.0%, owning approximately 3.3 million shares valued at $496.9 million after acquiring an additional 33,818 shares.
• Other investors, including Kovitz Investment Group and Victory Capital Management, made substantial increases to their holdings, highlighting significant interest from institutional investors, who own 84.58% of the stock.
• Keysight Technologies reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.72 for the last quarter, surpassing analysts' estimates, and has set a future guidance of $1.79-$1.85 EPS for Q4 2025.

T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS - Free Report) by 1.0% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,317,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after acquiring an additional 33,818 shares during the quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. owned 1.92% of Keysight Technologies worth $496,892,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division grew its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 97.8% during the first quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division now owns 182 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the period. Accent Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth about $28,000. Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in 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 worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares during the period. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $36,000. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA boosted its position in shares of 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 period. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 658 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.78, for a total transaction of $103,819.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 115,576 shares in the company, valued at $18,235,581.28. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 10,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, June 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.97, for a total transaction of $1,589,700.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 108,590 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $17,262,552.30. This represents a 8.43% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 30,241 shares of company stock worth $4,866,631 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.61% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on KEYS shares. Barclays decreased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $156.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Bank of America increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $187.38.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 3.9%

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock traded up $6.2060 during trading on Friday, hitting $166.7960. 1,035,068 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,009,340. The stock has a market cap of $28.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 53.12, a PEG ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 2.75 and a current ratio of 3.59. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $121.43 and a twelve month high of $186.20. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $163.30 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $158.24.

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

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.