Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.650-1.710 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.570. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.3 billion-$1.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.3 billion. Keysight Technologies also updated its Q1 guidance to $1.65-$1.71 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on KEYS. Susquehanna decreased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $195.00 to $185.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Bank of America raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $163.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 26th. Finally, Barclays raised Keysight Technologies from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $158.00 to $180.00 in a report on Monday, November 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $170.89.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 0.5 %

Keysight Technologies stock traded up $0.74 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $152.16. 2,253,183 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,182,365. Keysight Technologies has a 52-week low of $119.72 and a 52-week high of $166.28. The company has a market capitalization of $26.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.12, a PEG ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $155.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $145.95.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 20th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $1.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.19 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.01% and a net margin of 18.24%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 11.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.04 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that Keysight Technologies will post 5.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director Richard P. Hamada sold 1,632 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $156.00, for a total transaction of $254,592.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 42,160 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,576,960. The trade was a 3.73 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.60% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Keysight Technologies

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.