Norinchukin Bank The Has $1.40 Million Stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Norinchukin Bank The raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 15.6% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,372 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 1,268 shares during the period. Norinchukin Bank The’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $1,404,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Summit Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.2% during the first quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 3,468 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $519,000 after buying an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. Brown Shipley& Co Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 5.9% during the first quarter. Brown Shipley& Co Ltd now owns 6,203 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $929,000 after buying an additional 343 shares in the last quarter. Martingale Asset Management L P grew its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 26.4% during the first quarter. Martingale Asset Management L P now owns 10,307 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,544,000 after purchasing an additional 2,150 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.6% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,790,100 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,814,195,000 after purchasing an additional 2,675,148 shares in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.0% in the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,317,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $496,892,000 after purchasing an additional 33,818 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $177.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $156.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $187.38.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 658 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Friday, May 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $157.78, for a total transaction of $103,819.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 115,576 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,235,581.28. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 12,215 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Monday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.60, for a total transaction of $2,010,589.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 115,228 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,966,528.80. This represents a 9.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 30,241 shares of company stock valued at $4,866,631 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $166.7960 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $121.43 and a 52-week high of $186.20. The stock has a market cap of $28.71 billion, a PE ratio of 53.12, a PEG ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 2.75 and a current ratio of 3.59. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $163.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $158.11.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.05. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.53%. The firm had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.57 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.790-1.85 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.090-7.090 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies, Inc provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.