Blair William & Co. IL Decreases Holdings in Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Blair William & Co. IL lowered its stake in Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 9.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 12,756 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 1,329 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $2,049,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KEYS. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,952 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $314,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. Caprock Group LLC lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 3,127 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $502,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC boosted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 2,410 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $387,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the period. OLD National Bancorp IN raised its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.3% in the fourth quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 2,118 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $340,000 after acquiring an additional 68 shares during the period. Finally, RMR Wealth Builders lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. RMR Wealth Builders now owns 2,593 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $417,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 3,632 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total transaction of $562,960.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 115,063 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,834,765. This trade represents a 3.06 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on KEYS. StockNews.com lowered shares of Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $170.00 to $200.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $184.44.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

KEYS stock opened at $149.93 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.98 and a quick ratio of 2.27. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $119.72 and a 1-year high of $186.20. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $165.33 and a 200 day moving average price of $162.48. The company has a market capitalization of $25.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.84, a PEG ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.10.

Keysight Technologies 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.