Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $371.9167.

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the sale, the director owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at $7,562,722.18. The trade was a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Belpointe Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,123,000. Confluence Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 334,338 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $67,934,000 after purchasing an additional 7,398 shares during the last quarter. Willis Investment Counsel increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 80,609 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $16,379,000 after purchasing an additional 4,333 shares during the last quarter. Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,137,000. Finally, Oak Harvest Investment Services purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $4,070,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS opened at $350.73 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $59.94 billion, a PE ratio of 57.69, a PEG ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies has a twelve month low of $152.85 and a twelve month high of $374.96. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $346.00 and its 200 day moving average price is $281.07. 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. The firm had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. Keysight Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Keysight Technologies

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.