Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS Shares Sold by T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc.

T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lessened its position in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 4.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,188,308 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 160,823 shares during the quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $647,833,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of KEYS. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,525,694 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $4,373,806,000 after purchasing an additional 101,856 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 17,419,811 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,539,532,000 after purchasing an additional 85,693 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,191,895 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,664,511,000 after purchasing an additional 200,279 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.4% in the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $851,525,000 after purchasing an additional 160,728 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital World Investors increased its stake in Keysight Technologies by 6.5% during the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,940,767 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $800,732,000 after buying an additional 240,058 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In related news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 21,821 shares in the company, valued at $7,562,722.18. This trade represents a 12.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Jeffrey K. Li sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $297.19, for a total transaction of $594,380.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 34,499 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,252,757.81. This represents a 5.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 8,667 shares of company stock worth $2,730,960. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

KEYS stock opened at $363.47 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $343.07 and a 200 day moving average price of $276.65. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The stock has a market cap of $62.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.78, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $152.85 and a fifty-two week high of $370.17.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. The company had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have issued reports on KEYS. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group increased their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Citigroup lifted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Susquehanna boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $371.92.

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.