Citigroup Increases Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Price Target to $320.00

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) had its price target increased by equities researchers at Citigroup from $282.00 to $320.00 in a report issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock. Citigroup’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 7.10% from the stock’s current price.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the company. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Bank of America upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $243.00 to $322.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $298.82.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $298.79 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $252.97 and a 200-day moving average of $209.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. Keysight Technologies has a 52-week low of $121.43 and a 52-week high of $317.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $51.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.12.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.82 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $290.00, for a total transaction of $483,430.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 124,065 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,978,850. This represents a 1.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Jo Ann Juskie sold 1,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $304.42, for a total value of $304,420.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 12,552 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,821,079.84. This represents a 7.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 35,556 shares of company stock worth $10,025,731 over the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. Quarry LP bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at about $35,000. Westfuller Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the third quarter valued at about $45,000. Entrust Financial LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 68.5% in the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 278 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $49,000 after buying an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Company Profile

Keysight Technologies is a global provider of electronic design, test, measurement and optimization solutions for communications, electronics and related industries. The company was formed as a corporate spin-off from Agilent Technologies in 2014; its origins trace back to the electronic measurement business that was part of Hewlett‑Packard before Agilent. Keysight develops hardware and software used throughout the product development lifecycle, from design and simulation to prototype validation and manufacturing test.

Keysight’s product portfolio includes electronic test and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, network and spectrum analyzers, signal generators, vector network analyzers and modular PXI-based systems, together with software platforms for simulation, automated test and data analysis.