Keysight Technologies (KEYS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Keysight Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" KEYS shares.
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11 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their KEYS share price forecasts range from $142.00 to $208.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $176.55 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.8% from the stock's current price.
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Keysight Technologies' stock was trading at $171.07 at the start of the year. Since then, KEYS shares have decreased by 24.0% and is now trading at $130.03.
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Keysight Technologies saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,530,000 shares, a drop of 32.9% from the August 15th total of 3,770,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 16th 2023.
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 17th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.89 by $0.15. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.38 billion. Keysight Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.56% and a net margin of 20.19%.

ETFs with the largest weight of Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) stock in their portfolio include American Century Mid Cap Growth Impact (MID), Neuberger Berman Disrupters ETF (NBDS), Janus Henderson US Sustainable Equity ETF (SSPX), BTD Capital Fund (DIP), Hennessy Stance ESG Large Cap ETF (STNC), Defiance Next Gen Connectivity ETF (FIVG), VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF (MDCP) and American CenturyFocused Dynamic Growth ETF (FDG).

Keysight Technologies announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Monday, November 22nd 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 3.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies issued an update on its fourth quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.83-$1.89 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.99. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.29 billion-$1.31 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.39 billion.

364 employees have rated Keysight Technologies Chief Executive Officer Ron Nersesian on Glassdoor.com. Ron Nersesian has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Ron Nersesian in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Keysight Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KEYS."

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (33.23%), BlackRock Inc. (9.92%), State Street Corp (4.50%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.72%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.13%) and Mackenzie Financial Corp (2.12%). Insiders that own company stock include Huei Sin Ee, Ingrid A Estrada, James Cullen, Jeffrey K Li, John C Skinner, John Page, Kailash Narayanan, Kevin A Stephens, Mark Adam Wallace, Neil Dougherty, Richard P Hamada, Ronald S Nersesian, Satish Dhanasekaran and Soon Chai Gooi.
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One share of KEYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $130.03.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) has a market capitalization of $23.09 billion and generates $5.42 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $1.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.30 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 15,000 workers across the globe.

Keysight Technologies' mailing address is 1400 FOUNTAINGROVE PARKWAY, SANTA ROSA CA, 95403. The official website for the company is www.keysight.com. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at (800) 829-4444, via email at investor.relations@keysight.com, or via fax at 800-829-4433.