NYSE:KEYS - Keysight Technologies Stock Price, Forecast & News

Keysight Technologies' stock was trading at $91.80 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KEYS stock has decreased by 14.7% and is now trading at $78.28. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Keysight Technologies in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, June 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) posted its earnings results on Monday, February, 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.28. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.06 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 15.26% and a return on equity of 29.65%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. View Keysight Technologies' earnings history.

Keysight Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 29th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.57 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.37.

9 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Keysight Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Keysight Technologies' stock price to reach $114.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 46.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Keysight Technologies.

Media coverage about KEYS stock has been trending somewhat negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutKeysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totaling 11,460,000 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the January 30th total of 10,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,450,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.9 days. Approximately 6.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Keysight Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.99%), FMR LLC (2.84%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.98%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.98%) and Norges Bank (0.92%). Company insiders that own Keysight Technologies stock include Ingrid A Estrada, James Cullen, Jay Alexander, John C Skinner, Mark Adam Wallace, Mark Pierpoint, Neil Dougherty, Ronald S Nersesian, Satish Dhanasekaran, Soon Chai Gooi and Stephen D Williams. View institutional ownership trends for Keysight Technologies.

KEYS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC. Company insiders that have sold Keysight Technologies company stock in the last year include Ingrid A Estrada, James Cullen, Jay Alexander, John C Skinner, Mark Adam Wallace, Mark Pierpoint, Neil Dougherty, Ronald S Nersesian, and Satish Dhanasekaran. View insider buying and selling activity for Keysight Technologies.

KEYS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Pendal Group Ltd, 1832 Asset Management L.P., FMR LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Franklin Resources Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., and Man Group plc. View insider buying and selling activity for Keysight Technologies.

Shares of KEYS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KEYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $78.28.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $14.67 billion and generates $4.30 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $621 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.33 on an earnings per share basis. Keysight Technologies employs 13,600 workers across the globe. View additional information about Keysight Technologies.

The official website for Keysight Technologies is http://www.keysight.com/.

Keysight Technologies' mailing address is 1400 FOUNTAINGROVE PARKWAY, SANTA ROSA CA, 95403. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at 800-829-4444 or via email at [email protected]