Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd Trims Holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd reduced its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 83.0% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 6,318 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 30,882 shares during the period. Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $1,284,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,525,694 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $4,373,806,000 after purchasing an additional 101,856 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3.4% during the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $851,525,000 after purchasing an additional 160,728 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 6.5% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,940,767 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $800,732,000 after purchasing an additional 240,058 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 8.5% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,021,463 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $528,514,000 after purchasing an additional 237,563 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $435,542,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In related news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $500,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,719,400. This represents a 1.34% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,793,190. 0.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on KEYS. Barclays raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Zacks Research upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $349.99 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $59.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $152.85 and a one year high of $370.17. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $338.15 and its 200-day moving average is $271.52.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 EPS 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 analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

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.