Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Receives Hold (C) Rating from Weiss Ratings

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "hold (c)" rating reiterated by equities researchers at Weiss Ratings in a note issued to investors on Wednesday,Weiss Ratings reports.

KEYS has been the topic of several other research reports. Wall Street Zen lowered Keysight Technologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, September 20th. Barclays decreased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. 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 report on Wednesday, August 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $187.38.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 1.3%

Shares of KEYS opened at $172.27 on Wednesday. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $168.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is $159.45. Keysight Technologies has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $186.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 3.59 and a quick ratio of 2.94.

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, beating 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 company had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,326,774 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $3,494,605,000 after buying an additional 357,263 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.6% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,790,100 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $2,814,195,000 after buying an additional 2,675,148 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,973,742 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $1,306,577,000 after buying an additional 55,358 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 10.5% during the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,709,540 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $771,359,000 after buying an additional 446,123 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,575,953 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $747,437,000 after buying an additional 40,560 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company's stock.

About Keysight Technologies

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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