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 initiated 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 21st at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Keysight Technologies updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 29th. The company provided earnings per share 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.

9 equities research 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 $96.3750 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% 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, 2 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Keysight Technologies.

News articles about KEYS stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. 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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), NVIDIA (NVDA), Blackrock Capital Investment (BKCC), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Novocure (NVCR).

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.18%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (9.19%), BlackRock Inc. (8.43%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.53%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.90%) and Primecap Management Co. CA (1.86%). 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., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Invesco Ltd., Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Marshall Wace LLP. 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 $85.69.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $16.12 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]