Snyder Capital Management L P Acquires 18,462 Shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Snyder Capital Management L P boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS - Free Report) by 15.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 136,395 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after purchasing an additional 18,462 shares during the period. Snyder Capital Management L P owned about 0.08% of Keysight Technologies worth $21,909,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 8.9% in the 4th quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 27,694 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $4,448,000 after acquiring an additional 2,260 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,417,248 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $708,349,000 after purchasing an additional 17,213 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 55,379 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $8,896,000 after purchasing an additional 1,755 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 26.2% during the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 18,567 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $3,018,000 after purchasing an additional 3,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Portfolio Design Labs LLC raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 17.7% during the 4th quarter. Portfolio Design Labs LLC now owns 15,554 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $2,498,000 after purchasing an additional 2,336 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on KEYS. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $172.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. StockNews.com lowered Keysight Technologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, March 22nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have issued a buy 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 $181.33.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of NYSE:KEYS traded down $1.17 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $143.38. 246,901 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,145,316. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.98 and a quick ratio of 2.27. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $119.72 and a 1-year high of $186.20. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $147.80 and a two-hundred day moving average of $159.61. The firm has a market cap of $24.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.12.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In related news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 3,632 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total value of $562,960.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 115,063 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $17,834,765. This represents a 3.06 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.