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

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

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 29th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, June 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, February, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.28-1.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.32. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.138-1.178 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.15 billion.

10 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Keysight Technologies' share price to reach $114.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Keysight Technologies.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Keysight Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Keysight Technologies.

Media headlines about KEYS stock have trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a news impact score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Keysight Technologies.

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

Some companies that are related to Keysight Technologies include Roper Technologies (ROP), Fortive (FTV), Cognex (CGNX), Sensata Technologies (ST), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Rudolph Technologies (RTEC), Hurco Companies (HURC), Hickok (HICKA), Crawford United (CRAWA), International Isotopes (INIS), Clearsign Combustion (CLIR), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Schmitt Industries (SMIT) and Electro-Sensors (ELSE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Keysight Technologies investors own include Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Xilinx (XLNX), AT&T (T) and Intel (INTC).

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.99%), FMR LLC (2.84%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.98%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (0.91%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.84%). 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 for Keysight Technologies.

KEYS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Ltd, 1832 Asset Management L.P., FMR LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Franklin Resources Inc., Man Group plc, Axiom International Investors LLC DE and National Pension Service. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $92.40.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $18.02 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]