Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC Sells 3,775 Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC cut its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 4.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 76,527 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 3,775 shares during the quarter. Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $26,790,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in 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 worth $63,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the period. Kera Capital Partners Inc. boosted 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 during the period. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its position 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 worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Keysight Technologies by 1.3% in 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 increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 16.5% during the 1st quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 219 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 31 shares during the period. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on KEYS. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. UBS Group boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $420.00 to $440.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Susquehanna upped their price target on Keysight Technologies from $425.00 to $440.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $376.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $392.83.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director Jean Mcclung Nye sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $319.22, for a total value of $957,660.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 35,752 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,412,753.44. This trade represents a 7.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 7,507 shares of company stock worth $2,451,909. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of KEYS stock opened at $323.40 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $328.15 and a 200 day moving average price of $319.86. The company has a quick ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The firm has a market cap of $55.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.42, a PEG ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $158.79 and a 12 month high of $374.96.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $3.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.48 by $0.59. The company had revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.75 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 19.08% and a return on equity of 24.34%. The company’s revenue was up 36.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.72 EPS. Keysight Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.400 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.460-11.460 EPS. Research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 10.03 EPS for the current year.

About Keysight Technologies

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.