Keysight Technologies - KEYS Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street 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 research analysts is that investors should "buy" KEYS shares.
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12 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their KEYS share price forecasts range from $184.00 to $225.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $199.58 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% from the stock's current price.
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Keysight Technologies' stock was trading at $171.07 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, KEYS shares have increased by 3.7% and is now trading at $177.45.
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Keysight Technologies saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,550,000 shares, a drop of 11.1% from the December 31st total of 2,870,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 946,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 16th 2023.
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 17th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.86 by $0.16. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.40 billion. Keysight Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.51% and a net margin of 20.74%. The business's revenue was up 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.71 earnings per share.
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Keysight Technologies declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, November 22nd 2021, which permits the company to buyback $1,200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 3.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Keysight Technologies issued an update on its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Saturday, December, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.81-$1.87 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.36 billion-$1.38 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.34 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.41%), Pendal Group Ltd (0.27%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.23%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.20%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.20%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.17%). 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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One share of KEYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $177.45.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) has a market capitalization of $31.65 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 $6.18 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.