Keysight Technologies Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:KEYS)

Keysight Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KEYS."

Keysight Technologies declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 29th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 3.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 21st. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.17 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.22. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.04 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 28.65% and a net margin of 7.38%. The company's revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies issued an update on its fourth quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.14-1.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.02. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.08-1.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.05 billion.

9 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Keysight Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $115.00. On average, they expect Keysight Technologies' share price to reach $101.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Keysight Technologies.

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

Media coverage about KEYS stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Keysight Technologies.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Keysight Technologies investors own include Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (CLMT), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), NVIDIA (NVDA), Blackrock Capital Investment (BKCC), Novocure (NVCR), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP).

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.18%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (9.19%), BlackRock Inc. (8.43%), BlackRock Inc. (8.43%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.53%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.90%). 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Sandler Capital Management, Primecap Management Co. CA, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD and AQR Capital Management 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, Satish Dhanasekaran, Soon Chai Gooi and Stephen D Williams. View Insider Buying and Selling for Keysight Technologies.

KEYS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Invesco Ltd. and Panagora Asset 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 $98.77.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $18.53 billion and generates $3.88 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $165 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.00 on an earnings per share basis. Keysight Technologies employs 12,900 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]