Natixis Advisors LLC Has $58.65 Million Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Natixis Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 5.4% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 288,652 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,833 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $58,651,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board now owns 7,950 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,615,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. Waterloo Capital L.P. bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at about $277,000. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 284.0% in the 4th quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 221,944 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $45,097,000 after acquiring an additional 164,140 shares during the period. MUFG Securities EMEA plc grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 114.5% in the 4th quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc now owns 7,064 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,435,000 after acquiring an additional 3,770 shares during the period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 38.6% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 263,956 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $53,633,000 after acquiring an additional 73,517 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $351.51 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $60.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.81, a PEG ratio of 2.18 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. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $331.03 and a 200 day simple moving average of $264.25. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $152.85 and a 52 week high of $370.17.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.70 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 8.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

KEYS has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Bank of America raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $371.92.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In related news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 1,667 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $500,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 122,398 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,719,400. The trade was a 1.34% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Ronald S. Nersesian sold 30,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total transaction of $8,578,800.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 163,377 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,719,286.92. The trade was a 15.51% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 37,334 shares of company stock worth $10,753,450. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.