NYSE:KEYS

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

$130.24

-1.06 (-0.81%)

(As of 01:21 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $128.68
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50-Day Range: $127.68
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52-Week Range: $125.89
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$189.45

Volume: 665,266 shs
Average Volume: 1.22 million shs
Market Capitalization: $23.13 billion

P/E Ratio: 20.67
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $176.55

Keysight Technologies MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.73 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 34.9% Upside
$176.55 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
1.32% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: -1.32
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 1.08
Based on 12 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: N/A
Proj. Earnings Growth: -5.19%
From $7.52 to $7.13 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

2.86 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

81st out of 596 stocks

Process Control Instruments Industry

4th out of 11 stocks

4.4

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Keysight Technologies has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.73, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $176.55, Keysight Technologies has a forecasted upside of 34.9% from its current price of $130.84.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Keysight Technologies has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

5.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
1.32% of the float of Keysight Technologies has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
Keysight Technologies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in Keysight Technologies has recently decreased by 8.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

0.0

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Keysight Technologies does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
Keysight Technologies does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

2.9

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
Keysight Technologies has received a 26.15% net impact score from Upright. Keysight Technologies seems to create the most significant positive value in categories "Taxes", "Knowledge infrastructure", and "Creating knowledge". The positive contribution in the "Knowledge infrastructure" impact category is mostly driven by its "Telecommunication network testing software", "Software testing tools", and "Telecommunications network maintenance for wireless connections" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for Keysight Technologies is -1.32.

3.4

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Keysight Technologies has a news sentiment score of 1.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Keysight Technologies this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 7 people have searched for KEYS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -61% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
11 people have added Keysight Technologies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 38% compared to the previous 30 days.

1.7

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Keysight Technologies insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.51% of the stock of Keysight Technologies is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
81.72% of the stock of Keysight Technologies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

1.3

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Keysight Technologies are expected to decrease by -5.19% in the coming year, from $7.52 to $7.13 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Keysight Technologies is 20.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 110.64.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Keysight Technologies is 20.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 221.49.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Keysight Technologies has a PEG Ratio of 3.00. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Keysight Technologies has a P/B Ratio of 5.62. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Stock

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. Its Communications Solutions Group segment provides electronic design automation (EDA) software; radio frequency and microwave test solutions, and related software; hardware and virtual network test platforms and software applications, including data center, routing and switching, software defined networking, security, and encryption; oscilloscopes, logic and serial protocol analyzers, logic-signal sources, arbitrary waveform generators, and bit error rate testers; and optical modulation analyzers, optical component analyzers, optical power meters, and optical laser source solutions, as well as resells refurbished used Keysight equipment. The company's Electronic Industrial Solutions Group segment offers design tools; design verification tools; and digital multimeters, function generators, frequency counters, data acquisition systems, audio analyzers, LCR meters, thermal imagers, source measure units, ultra-high precision device current analyzers, and test executive software platforms, as well as various power supplies comprising AC/DC modular supplies and electronically programmable loads. This segment also provides printed-circuit-board-assembly testers, integrated circuit parametric testers, and sub-nano-meter positioning sub-assemblies; and test and measurement products and software. The company offers product support, technical support, and training and consulting services. It sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, resellers, and manufacturer's representatives. Keysight Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, California.

KEYS Price History

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KEYS Stock News Headlines

October 3, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight Launches Phased Array Antenna Control and Calibration Solution for Satellite Communications

October 3, 2023 | americanbankingnews.com

StockNews.com Lowers Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) to Hold

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October 2, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) is favoured by institutional owners who hold 88% of the company

September 29, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight (KEYS) Testing Solution Boosts 5G V2X Advancements

September 28, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight and Ettifos Successfully Conduct 3GPP Release 16 Sidelink Radio Conformance Test

September 27, 2023 | tmcnet.com

Keysight, Synopsys, and Ansys Accelerate RFIC Semiconductor Design with New Reference Flow for TSMC's Advanced 4nm RF FinFET Process

September 27, 2023 | stocknews.com

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September 27, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight, Synopsys, and Ansys Accelerate RFIC Semiconductor Design with New Reference Flow for TSMC's Most Advanced 4nm RF FinFET Process

September 26, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight EDA 2024 Integrated Software Tools Shift Left Design Cycles to Increase Engineering Productivity

September 26, 2023 | americanbankingnews.com

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Upgraded to "Buy" at StockNews.com

September 25, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight to Demonstrate Solutions that Accelerate Terabit Data Center Transition at ECOC 2023

September 25, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.com

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September 25, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.com

Synopsys and TSMC Advance Analog Design Migration with Reference Flow Across Advanced TSMC Processes

September 25, 2023 | americanbankingnews.com

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Receives $176.55 Average Target Price from Analysts

September 22, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

ESI Group and Keysight Technologies Take Next Step in Acquisition Process

September 22, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.com

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September 18, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight Launches Next-Generation Vector Signal Generator for Dense Wideband Multichannel Applications

September 18, 2023 | tmcnet.com

Electronic Design Automation Market to grow by USD 7.50 billion from 2022 to 2027, Growth Driven by

September 15, 2023 | msn.com

Morgan Stanley Upgrades Keysight Technologies (KEYS)

September 15, 2023 | msn.com

Morgan Stanley upgrades Keysight to Overweight, sees path to 2025 double-digit earnings growth

September 15, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight Awarded Two Open Networks Ecosystem Competition Grants from UK Government

September 15, 2023 | cnbc.com

Buy the dip on this technology stock for nearly 24% upside, Morgan Stanley says

September 14, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Technology Companies: Zoom Video Communications (ZM) and NetEase (NTES)

September 12, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Keysight Introduces Hardware-Accelerated Oscilloscope with Automated Analysis Tools

September 12, 2023 | forbes.com

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KEYS Company Calendar

Last Earnings: 8/17/2023
Today: 10/04/2023
Fiscal Year End: 10/31/2023
Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/16/2023

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Process control instruments
Sub-Industry: N/A
Sector: Computer and Technology
Current Symbol: NYSE:KEYS
CUSIP: N/A
CIK: 1601046
Web: www.keysight.com
Phone: (800) 829-4444
Fax: 800-829-4433
Employees: 15,000
Year Founded: 1939

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Forecast: $176.55
High Stock Price Forecast: $208.00
Low Stock Price Forecast: $142.00
Forecasted Upside/Downside: +34.5%
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4): 2.73
Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $6.30
Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.84
Forward P/E Ratio: 17.46
P/E Growth: 3.02
Net Income: $1.12 billion
Net Margins: 20.19%
Pretax Margin: 25.89%
Return on Equity: 30.56%
Return on Assets: 16.29%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.37
Current Ratio: 3.66
Quick Ratio: 2.93

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $5.60 billion
Price / Sales: 4.17
Cash Flow: $8.31 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 15.80
Book Value: $23.27 per share
Price / Book: 5.64

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 177,575,000
Free Float: 176,669,000
Market Cap: $23.32 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 1.06

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Key Executives

Mr. Satish C. Dhanasekaran (Age 50)
Pres, CEO & Director
Comp: $1.85M

Mr. Neil P. Dougherty (Age 54)
Exec. VP & CFO
Comp: $1.42M

Ms. Ingrid A. Estrada (Age 58)
Sr. VP, Chief People & Admin. Officer and Chief of Staff
Comp: $1.11M

Mr. Mark A. Wallace (Age 58)
Sr. VP of Global Sales & Chief Customer Officer
Comp: $1.42M

Mr. Soon Chai Gooi (Age 62)
Sr. VP and Pres of Order Fulfillment & Digital Operations
Comp: $1.8M

Ms. Lisa Poole (Age 57)
VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Corp. Controller

Mr. Jason Kary (Age 54)
VP of Treasurer & Investor Relations

Mr. Jeffrey K. Li (Age 53)
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec.

Ms. Marie Hattar (Age 55)
Chief Marketing Officer & Sr. VP

Mr. John Page (Age 59)
Sr. VP & Pres of Global Services

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Insiders & Institutions

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KEYS Stock - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell Keysight Technologies stock right now?: 11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Keysight Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" KEYS shares.
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What is Keysight Technologies' stock price forecast for 2023?: 11 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Keysight Technologies' stock. Their KEYS share price forecasts range from $142.00 to $208.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $176.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.5% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for KEYS or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.
How have KEYS shares performed in 2023?: Keysight Technologies' stock was trading at $171.07 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, KEYS stock has decreased by 23.2% and is now trading at $131.30.
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Are investors shorting Keysight Technologies?: Keysight Technologies saw a drop in short interest in 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. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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When is Keysight Technologies' next earnings date?: The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 16th 2023.
View our KEYS earnings forecast.
How were Keysight Technologies' earnings last quarter?: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 17th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.89 by $0.15. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.38 billion. Keysight Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.56% and a net margin of 20.19%.
What ETFs hold Keysight Technologies' stock?: 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).
How will Keysight Technologies' stock buyback program work?: Keysight Technologies announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, November 22nd 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 3.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

What guidance has Keysight Technologies issued on next quarter's earnings?: Keysight Technologies updated 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 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.
What is Ron Nersesian's approval rating as Keysight Technologies' CEO?: 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.
What other stocks do shareholders of Keysight Technologies own?: Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Keysight Technologies investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Walt Disney (DIS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Block (SQ), Home Depot (HD), AT&T (T) and Visa (V).
What is Keysight Technologies' stock symbol?: Keysight Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KEYS."
How do I buy shares of Keysight Technologies?: Shares of KEYS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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What is Keysight Technologies' stock price today?: One share of KEYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $131.30.
How much money does Keysight Technologies make?: Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) has a market capitalization of $23.32 billion and generates $5.60 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.
How many employees does Keysight Technologies have?: The company employs 15,000 workers across the globe.
Does Keysight Technologies have any subsidiaries?: The following companies are subsidiares of Keysight Technologies: Anite, Catapult Communications Corporation, Eagleware-Elanix, Eggplant, Electroservices Enterprises, IXIA, Ixia, Ixia Technologies International Limited, Keysight Technologies Luxembourg Holdings Sarl, Keysight Technologies Netherlands B.V., Keysight Technologies Singapore (Holdings) Pte. Ltd., Keysight Technologies Singapore (International) Pte. Ltd., Keysight Technologies Singapore (Sales) Pte. Ltd., Keysight Technologies UK Limited, Keysight Technologies World Trade Inc., Labber, Quantum Benchmark, SCALABLE Network Technologies, Sanjole, and Thales Calibration Services.
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How can I contact Keysight Technologies?: 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.

This page (NYSE:KEYS) was last updated on 10/4/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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