Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Sells $594,380.00 in Stock

Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) SVP Jeffrey Li sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total transaction of $594,380.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 34,499 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,252,757.81. This trade represents a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

KEYS stock opened at $293.26 on Thursday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $317.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.60. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $254.65 and its 200 day moving average price is $210.10. The firm has a market cap of $50.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.84, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.12.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.82 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies’s 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. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Stance Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $1,325,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 168,692 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $34,277,000 after buying an additional 5,083 shares during the period. Farmers National Bank purchased a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $211,000. Mengis Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 5.9% in the fourth quarter. Mengis Capital Management Inc. now owns 7,113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,445,000 after acquiring an additional 396 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rehmann Capital Advisory Group grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 26.3% during the fourth quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 2,491 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $508,000 after acquiring an additional 519 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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: 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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on KEYS. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $230.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $298.82.

Keysight Technologies Company 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.