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

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 30th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.83. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $999 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $964.95 million. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.18% and a net margin of 2.88%. The firm's revenue was up 31.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.64 EPS. View Keysight Technologies' Earnings History.

Keysight Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 21st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.72-$0.82 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $942-$972 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $916.44 million.

8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Keysight Technologies' shares. Their predictions range from $43.00 to $71.00. On average, they anticipate Keysight Technologies' stock price to reach $60.6250 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% 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 hold rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,647,049 shares, a decrease of 32.7% from the June 29th total of 2,448,578 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 729,302 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Keysight Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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News stories about KEYS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Keysight Technologies earned a news impact score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company an impact score of 41.07 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Keysight Technologies.

Keysight Technologies' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.31%), FMR LLC (2.79%), American Century Companies Inc. (2.72%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.38%), Ariel Investments LLC (2.06%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.20%). 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, FMR LLC, Ariel Investments LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. and Bank of America Corp DE. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Swiss National Bank and Natixis. 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 $60.35.

Keysight Technologies has a market capitalization of $11.24 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.

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]