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 approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, March 7th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $350,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 21st. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.10. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $1 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $961.91 million. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 20.58% and a net margin of 6.50%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 20.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.61 earnings per share. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, December, 5th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.85-0.91 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.85. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.00-1.02 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $988.37 million.

8 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Keysight Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Keysight Technologies' share price to reach $67.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Keysight Technologies.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Keysight Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,906,850 shares, an increase of 67.2% from the August 15th total of 1,140,421 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,426,127 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Keysight Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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News stories about KEYS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the scientific and technical instruments company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.31%), FMR LLC (2.80%), American Century Companies Inc. (2.72%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.38%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.38%) and Ariel Investments LLC (2.06%). 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, FMR LLC, Ariel Investments LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. and Bank of America Corp DE. 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 and Stephen D Williams. View Insider Buying and Selling for Keysight Technologies.

KEYS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Swiss National Bank. 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 $64.63.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $12.16 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]