Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for Keysight Technologies (KEYS)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) recently:

• 11/20/2024 – Keysight Technologies had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $150.00 to $160.00. They now have an “underperform” rating on the stock.
• 11/20/2024 – Keysight Technologies had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Susquehanna. They now have a $185.00 price target on the stock.
• 11/20/2024 – Keysight Technologies had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $180.00 to $200.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 11/20/2024 – Keysight Technologies had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $165.00 to $180.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 11/20/2024 – Keysight Technologies had its price target raised by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $163.00 to $180.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 11/20/2024 – Keysight Technologies had its price target raised by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $175.00 to $180.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 11/15/2024 – Keysight Technologies was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 11/4/2024 – Keysight Technologies was upgraded by analysts at Barclays PLC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $180.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $158.00.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 2.7 %

NYSE:KEYS opened at $169.99 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $155.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $146.10. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a 1 year low of $119.72 and a 1 year high of $170.52. The stock has a market cap of $29.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.57, a PEG ratio of 4.46 and a beta of 0.98.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 20th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.22. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 12.32% and a return on equity of 19.34%. The firm had revenue of $1.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.04 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down 11.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts expect that Keysight Technologies, Inc. will post 6.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Keysight Technologies

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Swedbank AB bought a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 1st quarter worth about $621,993,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 352.6% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 3,160,879 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $494,299,000 after buying an additional 2,462,543 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the first quarter worth about $250,097,000. Boston Partners acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $175,979,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 7.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,400,035 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $697,411,000 after acquiring an additional 323,235 shares in the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.