Reinhart Partners LLC. Cuts Stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Reinhart Partners LLC. reduced its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 19.8% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 19,197 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 4,726 shares during the quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC.’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $6,721,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of KEYS. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 15.0% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $63,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 36.1% in the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 113 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. now owns 3,276 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $925,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,333 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $659,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.5% during the first quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 219 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 31 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

NYSE:KEYS opened at $340.95 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The company has a market cap of $58.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 56.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $152.85 and a fifty-two week high of $374.96. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $332.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $306.69.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on KEYS. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered Keysight Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total transaction of $183,189.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. This trade represents a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock worth $1,904,669 over the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.