Savant Capital LLC Purchases 3,997 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Savant Capital LLC grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 151.5% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,635 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,997 shares during the quarter. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $1,087,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in KEYS. Accent Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the first quarter valued at $28,000. NewSquare Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 155.2% during the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 171 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at about $34,000. Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 85.0% in the 1st quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 235 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT acquired a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the first quarter valued at about $36,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group started coverage on Keysight Technologies in a research note on Monday, October 27th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $180.00 price target for the company. Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Friday, October 10th. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $189.90.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.98, for a total value of $347,960.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 106,590 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $18,544,528.20. This represents a 1.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Trading Down 3.1%

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $178.33 on Friday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $121.43 and a 1 year high of $187.67. The company has a market capitalization of $30.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $172.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $165.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 3.59 and a quick ratio of 2.94.

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

Keysight Technologies Profile

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.