Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) CEO Sells $483,430.00 in Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $290.00, for a total value of $483,430.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 124,065 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,978,850. This trade represents a 1.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 1.8%

NYSE KEYS opened at $293.26 on Thursday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $121.43 and a one year high of $317.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 2.02. The firm has a market cap of $50.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.12. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $254.65 and its 200-day moving average is $210.10.

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

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in KEYS. Quarry LP acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Optiver Holding B.V. acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Westfuller Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $45,000. Entrust Financial LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC lifted its position 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 worth $49,000 after buying an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting Keysight Technologies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Keysight is starting manufacturing of test equipment in Chennai, India to serve global markets and tap local semiconductor and defense demand — a move that can lower costs, shorten supply chains and deepen access to fast-growing Asian customers. US-based Keysight starts India manufacturing, eyes global exports from Chennai
• Positive Sentiment: Product momentum: Keysight unveiled next‑generation in‑vehicle network test solutions at Automotive Ethernet Congress 2026, supporting automakers’ move to higher-bandwidth, safety‑critical vehicle networks. Keysight Unveils Next-Generation In-Vehicle Network Test Solutions
• Positive Sentiment: AI/HPC opportunity: Keysight expanded 1.6T test solutions for AI and high‑performance computing interconnects, directly addressing rising demand for test gear in data‑center and AI infrastructure builds. Keysight Expands 1.6T Test Solutions for AI and HPC
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Citigroup raised its KEYS price target to $320, signaling continued Wall Street confidence in growth and margin prospects. Citigroup Increases Keysight Price Target to $320
• Neutral Sentiment: Academic pipeline: Keysight launched hands‑on semiconductor teaching labs for universities — a long‑term talent and ADOPTION play but unlikely to move near‑term revenue materially. Keysight Introduces Hands-On Semiconductor Teaching Labs
• Neutral Sentiment: Near‑term pullback context: Commentary notes KEYS is modestly down since its last earnings release — suggesting short‑term consolidation after a strong run rather than a change to the underlying growth story. Keysight (KEYS) Down 1% Since Last Earnings Report
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares (disclosed this week). The sale is small relative to his holdings but can be perceived negatively by some investors during a pullback. Satish Dhanasekaran Sells 1,667 Shares of Keysight

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on KEYS shares. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $243.00 to $322.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 price target on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $282.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $298.82.

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.