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 authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 29th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits 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 leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 26th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.21. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.09 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 14.43% and a return on equity of 29.25%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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 earnings per share guidance of $1.04-1.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $127.00. On average, they anticipate Keysight Technologies' stock price to reach $112.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.3% 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 headlines about KEYS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a daily sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies saw a increase in short interest during 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. Approximately 5.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Keysight Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include 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%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.11%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.10%). 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 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, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stralem & Co. Inc., Ambassador Advisors LLC, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Hexavest Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Mcrae 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KEYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.98.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $19.41 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]