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 announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 29th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 3.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.31. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.07 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 6.61% and a return on equity of 27.06%. Keysight Technologies's quarterly revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.83 earnings per share. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 20th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.97-$1.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.97. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.02-$1.06 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.06 billion.Keysight Technologies also updated its Q3 2019 guidance to $0.97-1.05 EPS.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Keysight Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Keysight Technologies' share price to reach $97.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Keysight Technologies.

8 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, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Keysight Technologies.

Media headlines about KEYS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media 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 coverage optimism score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Keysight Technologies.

Some companies that are related to Keysight Technologies include Roper Technologies (ROP), Fortive (FTV), Cognex (CGNX), Sensata Technologies (ST), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Orbotech (ORBK), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Rudolph Technologies (RTEC), Hurco Companies (HURC), Hickok (HICKA), Clearsign Combustion (CLIR), International Isotopes (INIS), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Electro-Sensors (ELSE) and Schmitt Industries (SMIT).

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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Blackrock Capital Investment (BKCC) and Xilinx (XLNX).

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.69%), FMR LLC (2.18%), Primecap Management Co. CA (2.08%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.69%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.44%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.15%). Company insiders that own Keysight Technologies stock include Ingrid A Estrada, James Cullen, 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., Victory Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Janus Henderson Group PLC, FMR LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Neuberger Berman Group 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., AGF Investments Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Commerce Bank, Clearbridge Investments LLC, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. and Braun Stacey Associates 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KEYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.00.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $16.18 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]