Capital International Inc. CA Raises Stock Holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Capital International Inc. CA boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 23.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 24,814 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 4,702 shares during the quarter. Capital International Inc. CA’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $5,042,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at about $35,000. Entrust Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $45,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.2% during the 3rd quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 497.7% during the 4th quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 257 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $52,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares during the period. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 66.5% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 393 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $59,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In related news, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total value of $8,578,800.00. Following the sale, the director owned 163,377 shares in the company, valued at $46,719,286.92. This represents a 15.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $500,100.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,719,400. The trade was a 1.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,793,190 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Truist Financial boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 0.4%

NYSE:KEYS opened at $331.14 on Tuesday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $152.85 and a twelve month high of $370.17. The company has a market cap of $56.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.22. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $333.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $267.59. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

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.