FY2025 Earnings Estimate for KEYS Issued By Zacks Research

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Keysight Technologies in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the scientific and technical instruments company will post earnings per share of $6.20 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $6.19. The consensus estimate for Keysight Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $6.32 per share.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. StockNews.com raised Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 22nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $170.00 to $200.00 in a research note on Monday, December 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $183.33.

Keysight Technologies Stock Down 6.8 %

Shares of NYSE:KEYS opened at $160.49 on Thursday. Keysight Technologies has a 1-year low of $119.72 and a 1-year high of $186.20. The company’s fifty day moving average is $169.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $160.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 2.27 and a current ratio of 2.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.02.

Insider Buying and Selling at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP John Page sold 3,884 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $169.66, for a total value of $658,959.44. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 37,081 shares in the company, valued at $6,291,162.46. This represents a 9.48 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 17,822 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $169.66, for a total transaction of $3,023,680.52. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 116,582 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,779,302.12. This represents a 13.26 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 32,118 shares of company stock valued at $5,411,891 in the last three months. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,873,635 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $3,352,932,000 after buying an additional 55,223 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 29.0% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 16,114,952 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,588,546,000 after purchasing an additional 3,621,349 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in Keysight Technologies by 2.5% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,857,378 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $1,248,773,000 after buying an additional 194,294 shares during the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 364.6% during the fourth quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 4,652,311 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $747,301,000 after buying an additional 3,650,953 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 7.1% in the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 4,421,264 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $702,671,000 after buying an additional 292,372 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Company 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.