Capital World Investors Acquires 240,058 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Capital World Investors raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 6.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,940,767 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 240,058 shares during the quarter. Capital World Investors’ holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $800,732,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of KEYS. Belpointe Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth about $1,123,000. Willis Investment Counsel lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 5.7% during the 4th quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 80,609 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $16,379,000 after buying an additional 4,333 shares during the period. Madison Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 571,222 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $99,918,000 after buying an additional 40,153 shares during the period. Confluence Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 334,338 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $67,934,000 after buying an additional 7,398 shares during the period. Finally, Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter worth about $1,137,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Bank of America raised Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $340.00 target price for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $329.67 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.22, a P/E/G ratio of 1.88 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 stock has a 50 day moving average price of $332.65 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $266.49. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $152.85 and a 52 week high of $370.17.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. The company had revenue of $1.72 billion during 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%.Keysight Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.37, for a total value of $596,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 125,272 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $37,377,406.64. This represents a 1.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total value of $1,039,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,562,722.18. This represents a 12.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 40,334 shares of company stock valued at $11,793,190 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

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.