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 share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 29th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 26th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.21. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 29.25% and a net margin of 14.43%. Keysight Technologies's revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.01 earnings per share. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Keysight Technologies updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.04-1.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Keysight Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $127.00. On average, they anticipate Keysight Technologies' share price to reach $112.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% 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.

Press coverage about KEYS stock has been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a news sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,840,000 shares, an increase of 11.2% from the January 15th total of 9,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.0 days. Currently, 5.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Keysight Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.99%), FMR LLC (2.84%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.98%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.84%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.74%) and Man Group plc (0.63%). 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Ltd, FMR LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Franklin Resources Inc., Man Group plc, Axiom International Investors LLC DE, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Victory 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 $97.60.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $19.03 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]