Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. Takes $5.28 Million Position in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

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Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. acquired a new stake in Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS – Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 18,707 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,282,000.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quarry LP purchased a new position in Keysight Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 1st quarter worth approximately $44,000. Entrust Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Keysight Technologies in the 4th quarter worth approximately $45,000. Finally, DV Equities LLC bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $49,000. 84.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,860,996.12. This trade represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ingrid A. Estrada sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.87, for a total value of $681,740.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 105,861 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,084,839.07. This trade represents a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669 in the last quarter. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 0.2%

NYSE KEYS opened at $319.22 on Monday. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $152.85 and a 52 week high of $374.96. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $336.66 and a 200 day moving average price of $299.48. 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 firm has a market cap of $54.55 billion, a PE ratio of 52.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.21.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 17.25% and a return on equity of 21.58%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue was up 31.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently commented on KEYS. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group lifted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $340.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Citigroup boosted their price target on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $371.92.

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Keysight Technologies Profile

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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.

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