Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Lowered to Buy Rating by Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a research report sent to investors on Saturday.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $180.00 target price on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Bank of America upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, October 27th. They set a “hold” rating and a $180.00 price target on the stock. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $186.56.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

KEYS stock opened at $183.30 on Friday. Keysight Technologies has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $186.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a current ratio of 3.59. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $169.77 and its 200 day moving average price is $162.72. The firm has a market cap of $31.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 58.37, a PEG ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.18.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 10.36%.The firm had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.57 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total transaction of $347,960.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,544,528.20. This represents a 1.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Haven Private LLC raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Haven Private LLC now owns 4,041 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $662,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. BlackDiamond Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.9% in the 2nd quarter. BlackDiamond Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,796 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $295,000 after buying an additional 68 shares during the period. Summit Financial LLC raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 3,468 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $519,000 after buying an additional 73 shares during the period. Private Trust Co. NA raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 39.9% in the 1st quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 263 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. Finally, Principal Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 9.1% in the 1st quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 910 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $146,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies, Inc provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.