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

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 21st. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping the 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 net margin of 6.50% and a return on equity of 20.58%. The firm's revenue was up 20.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.61 earnings per share. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, November 20th at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

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

9 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Keysight Technologies' stock price to reach $71.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% 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 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Keysight Technologies.

News articles about KEYS stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a coverage optimism score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.90%), FMR LLC (2.80%), Primecap Management Co. CA (2.73%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.14%) and American Century Companies Inc. (2.13%). 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 American Century Companies Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc. and Primecap Management Co. CA. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Sandler Capital Management, NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, BlackRock Inc. and Janus Henderson Group PLC. 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 $57.99.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $10.84 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.

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]