Rhumbline Advisers Sells 4,845 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Rhumbline Advisers decreased its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 331,235 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 4,845 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers owned 0.19% of Keysight Technologies worth $57,940,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Paradiem LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $979,000. National Pension Service increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.4% in the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 291,237 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,943,000 after purchasing an additional 6,957 shares during the last quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $621,000. Fenimore Asset Management Inc lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 1.1% in the third quarter. Fenimore Asset Management Inc now owns 632,432 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $110,625,000 after buying an additional 6,629 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 3.1% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,107,655 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $181,507,000 after buying an additional 33,768 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

KEYS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. UBS Group set a $230.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $208.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $243.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $221.64.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $233.46 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $40.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.74, a PEG ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.20. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $121.43 and a 12 month high of $242.62. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $213.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $187.24. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.39 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.30% and a net margin of 15.71%.The company’s revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.65 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.950-2.010 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, November 24th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the scientific and technical instruments company to buy up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 3,934 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.84, for a total value of $790,104.56. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 36,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,370,627.16. The trade was a 9.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 4,230 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $211.43, for a total transaction of $894,348.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 128,131 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,090,737.33. This trade represents a 3.20% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders have sold 78,784 shares of company stock worth $15,841,737. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies 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.