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

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

Keysight Technologies declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, March 7th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $350,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.12. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.02 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 4.25% and a return on equity of 22.80%. The company's revenue was up 19.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.71 earnings per share. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 21st at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Keysight Technologies issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.76-$0.82 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $965-$985 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $964.00 million.Keysight Technologies also updated its Q1 2019 guidance to $0.76-0.82 EPS.

9 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Keysight Technologies' share price to reach $71.6250 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Keysight Technologies.

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

News headlines about KEYS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.76%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.24%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.45%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.43%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.31%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.14%). Company insiders that own Keysight Technologies stock include Charles J Dockendorff, Ingrid A Estrada, Jay Alexander, John C Skinner, Mark Adam Wallace, Mark Pierpoint, Michael Gasparian, 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 BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., American International Group Inc., Polar Capital LLP, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Keysight Technologies company stock in the last year include Ingrid A Estrada, 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 Insider Buying and Selling for Keysight Technologies.

KEYS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Geode Capital Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Scout Investments Inc., Korea Investment CORP and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KEYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.38.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $15.09 billion and generates $3.88 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $165 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.00 on an earnings per share basis. Keysight Technologies employs 12,900 workers across the globe.

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]