Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Purchased by Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc.

Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 2.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 80,584 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,766 shares during the quarter. Keysight Technologies makes up approximately 2.7% of Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc.’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $13,204,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in KEYS. Foyston Gordon & Payne Inc lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 11.5% during the first quarter. Foyston Gordon & Payne Inc now owns 59,851 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $8,964,000 after buying an additional 6,186 shares in the last quarter. Ground Swell Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at $361,000. Private Trust Co. NA lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 39.9% during the 1st quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 263 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 11.4% during the 1st quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 34,176 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $5,432,000 after acquiring an additional 3,488 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,036,642 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $155,258,000 after acquiring an additional 20,967 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on Keysight Technologies in a research report on Monday, October 27th. They set a “hold” rating and a $180.00 price target on the stock. Wall Street Zen lowered Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $186.56.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 4.5%

NYSE:KEYS opened at $183.30 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a current ratio of 3.59. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $186.20. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $169.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $162.91. The stock has a market cap of $31.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.18.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced 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 company had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.57 EPS. Keysight Technologies’s quarterly 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. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

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

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.