Keysight Technologies (KEYS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Keysight Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KEYS shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their KEYS share price forecasts range from $180.00 to $225.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $195.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.2% from the stock's current price.
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Keysight Technologies' stock was trading at $171.07 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, KEYS shares have decreased by 5.6% and is now trading at $161.52.
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Keysight Technologies saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,660,000 shares, a decrease of 15.1% from the April 30th total of 4,310,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,280,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 16th 2023.
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 16th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.95 by $0.17. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.38 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 21.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.75%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.68 earnings per share.

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), Hennessy Stance ESG Large Cap ETF (STNC), VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF (MDCP), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NUMG), Defiance Next Gen Connectivity ETF (FIVG) and SEI Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Quality Factor ETF (SEIQ).

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Monday, November 22nd 2021, which permits the company to buyback $1,200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 3.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Keysight Technologies issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.00-$2.06 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.96. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.37-$1.39 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.78%), State Street Corp (4.42%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.39%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (2.21%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (2.09%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Huei Sin Ee, Ingrid A Estrada, James Cullen, Jeffrey K Li, John C Skinner, John Page, 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 $161.52.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) has a market capitalization of $28.81 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 $6.56 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.