MAI Capital Management Trims Stock Holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

MAI Capital Management reduced its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 36.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 4,252 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 2,442 shares during the period. MAI Capital Management’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $744,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 92.6% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 27,216 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,965,000 after purchasing an additional 13,085 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 5.0% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 2,581 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $387,000 after buying an additional 122 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 30.0% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,652 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,595,000 after buying an additional 2,461 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 157 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at about $254,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Keysight Technologies

Here are the key news stories impacting Keysight Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Several broker actions lifted sentiment — Bank of America upgraded KEYS to “Buy”, and both Wells Fargo and JPMorgan raised price targets to $300, while Citigroup published a bullish note expecting upside. These analyst moves and related headlines helped push the stock to a new 1‑year high. Keysight Raised to “Buy” at Bank of America Wells Fargo Increases Keysight Price Target to $300.00 JPMorgan Increases Keysight Price Target to $300.00 Citigroup Analyst Says KEYS Expected to Rise Keysight Reaches New 1-Year High After Analyst Upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Product/partnership announcements at MWC highlight commercial traction in AI‑RAN and non-terrestrial networks: Keysight and MediaTek demonstrated an AI-driven uplink optimization prototype with OTA model lifecycle management, underlining AI-enabled RAN capabilities. Keysight and MediaTek Advance AI‑Driven Uplink Optimization…
• Positive Sentiment: Keysight is showcasing satellite-to-mobile and LEO mobility testing capabilities (in collaboration with Samsung) and participating in demonstrations of autonomous, agentic AI‑RAN (with Northeastern, SoftBank, zTouch), signaling relevance to carriers pursuing NTN and AI-native networks. These demos support future revenue opportunities in 5G/6G test and measurement. Keysight to Demonstrate NR-NTN LEO Mobility Testing at MWC 2026… Northeastern, SoftBank, Keysight Demonstrate LTM-powered Autonomous Agentic AI-RAN
• Neutral Sentiment: A sector/profile piece highlights Keysight’s role in supporting companies in the Russell 1000 with its test & measurement solutions — useful for long-term positioning but less likely to be an immediate catalyst. Keysight Powers The Russell 1000 Index With Test & Measurement Solutions

Analyst Ratings Changes

KEYS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Wall Street Zen raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $295.36.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 0.3%

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $306.82 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.02, a current ratio of 2.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The firm has a market cap of $52.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.28, a P/E/G ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 1.12. The business has a fifty day moving average of $225.39 and a two-hundred day moving average of $194.70. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $121.43 and a twelve month high of $311.81.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 19.26% and a net margin of 16.84%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.82 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.590- EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.270-2.330 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies declared that its Board of Directors has approved 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 repurchase up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 3,934 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.84, for a total transaction of $790,104.56. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 36,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,370,627.16. This represents a 9.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.72, for a total value of $203,720.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 127,833 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,042,138.76. This represents a 0.78% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 27,053 shares of company stock valued at $5,749,454. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.