Keysight Technologies - KEYS Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Keysight Technologies in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KEYS shares.
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12 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Keysight Technologies' stock. Their KEYS share price forecasts range from $180.00 to $225.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $197.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.8% from the stock's current price.
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Keysight Technologies' stock was trading at $171.07 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, KEYS stock has decreased by 8.1% and is now trading at $157.25.
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Keysight Technologies saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,500,000 shares, an increase of 17.8% from the January 31st total of 2,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,060,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 16th 2023.
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 21st. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.85 by $0.17. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.37 billion. Keysight Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.50% and a net margin of 20.81%. The firm's revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.41 EPS.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) stock in their portfolio include American Century Mid Cap Growth Impact (MID), Neuberger Berman Disrupters ETF (NBDS), Hennessy Stance ESG Large Cap ETF (STNC), Janus Henderson US Sustainable Equity ETF (SSPX), VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF (MDCP), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NUMG), Defiance Next Gen Connectivity ETF (FIVG) and SEI Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Quality Factor ETF (SEIQ).

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Monday, November 22nd 2021, which allows the company to buyback $1,200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 3.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.91-$1.97 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.37 billion-$1.39 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.40 billion.

364 employees have rated Keysight Technologies Chief Executive Officer Ron Nersesian on Glassdoor.com. Ron Nersesian has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Ron Nersesian in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (2.93%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.22%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (2.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.03%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.21%) and Morgan Stanley (1.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Huei Sin Ee, Ingrid A Estrada, James Cullen, Jeffrey K Li, John C Skinner, John Page, Kevin A Stephens, Mark Adam Wallace, Neil Dougherty, Richard P Hamada, Ronald S Nersesian, Satish Dhanasekaran and Soon Chai Gooi.
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Shares of KEYS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KEYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $157.25.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) has a market capitalization of $28.01 billion and generates $5.42 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $1.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.39 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 15,000 workers across the globe.

Keysight Technologies' mailing address is 1400 FOUNTAINGROVE PARKWAY, SANTA ROSA CA, 95403. The official website for the company is www.keysight.com. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at (800) 829-4444, via email at investor.relations@keysight.com, or via fax at 800-829-4433.