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 approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 29th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 26th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, beating the 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 net margin of 14.43% and a return on equity of 29.25%. The company's revenue was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.01 EPS. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, February, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.28-1.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.32. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.138-1.178 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.15 billion.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.9% 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 articles about KEYS stock have been trending neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing 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 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 trading volume of 1,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.0 days. Currently, 5.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Keysight Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Keysight Technologies investors own include Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Xilinx (XLNX), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC) and AT&T (T).

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.99%), FMR LLC (2.84%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.98%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (0.91%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.84%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Ltd, 1832 Asset Management L.P., FMR LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Franklin Resources Inc., Man Group plc, Axiom International Investors LLC DE and National Pension Service. 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 $90.89.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $17.73 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]