Insider Selling: Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Sells $681,740.00 in Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Ingrid Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total transaction of $681,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 105,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,084,839.07. The trade was a 1.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS stock opened at $336.27 on Thursday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $152.85 and a 12-month high of $374.96. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $347.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $285.75. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $57.47 billion, a PE ratio of 55.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.22.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.55. The company had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Quarry LP bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 36.1% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the period. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth about $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $49,000. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have weighed in on KEYS shares. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Susquehanna lifted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Zacks Research raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $371.92.

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.