NYSE:KEYS - Keysight Technologies Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Keysight Technologies announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, March 7th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $350,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 30th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.83. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $999 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $964.95 million. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.18% and a net margin of 2.88%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 31.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.64 EPS. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 29th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.72-$0.82 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $942-$972 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $916.44 million.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Keysight Technologies' share price to reach $59.50 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Keysight Technologies.

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News coverage about KEYS stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a news sentiment score of 0.25 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the scientific and technical instruments company an impact score of 47.13 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.57%), American Century Companies Inc. (3.49%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.83%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.17%), Sound Shore Management Inc. CT (1.67%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., American Century Companies Inc., Sound Shore Management Inc. CT, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Wells Fargo & Company MN and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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, Michael Gasparian, 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 BlackRock Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Columbus Circle Investors, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. 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 $61.24.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $11.56 billion and generates $3.19 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $102 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.23 on an earnings per share basis. Keysight Technologies employs 12,600 workers across the globe.

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]