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 announced that its board has initiated a stock 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 generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 26th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.21. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.09 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 29.25% and a net margin of 14.43%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.01 EPS. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.04-1.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.05. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.045-1.065 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.05 billion.

11 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Keysight Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $127.00. On average, they anticipate Keysight Technologies' stock price to reach $112.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Keysight Technologies.

11 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 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Keysight Technologies.

News stories about KEYS stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 9,470,000 shares, an increase of 12.1% from the November 28th total of 8,450,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.8 days. Currently, 5.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Keysight Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Columbus Circle Investors (0.33%), Hexavest Inc. (0.26%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.23%), Hahn Capital Management LLC (0.18%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.15%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%). 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 Columbus Circle Investors, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Scout Investments Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Hahn Capital Management LLC and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser 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 Stralem & Co. Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Ambassador Advisors LLC, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Hexavest Inc. and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. 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 $100.48.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $18.94 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]