Pensionfund Sabic Purchases Shares of 7,500 Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Pensionfund Sabic acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 7,500 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,524,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Optiver Holding B.V. acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth about $35,000. Westfuller Advisors LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at about $45,000. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 68.5% during the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 278 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 36.2% during the 3rd quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $51,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $290.00, for a total transaction of $483,430.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 124,065 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,978,850. The trade was a 1.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Jo Ann Juskie sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $304.42, for a total value of $304,420.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 12,552 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,821,079.84. This represents a 7.38% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 35,556 shares of company stock valued at $10,025,731. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on KEYS. Wall Street Zen upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $243.00 to $322.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $227.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $298.82.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 3.4%

Shares of KEYS opened at $298.79 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $252.97 and a 200 day moving average of $209.52. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $121.43 and a fifty-two week high of $317.00. The firm has a market cap of $51.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 53.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60.

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

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.