Insider Selling: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) VP Sells 350 Shares of Stock

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) VP Lisa M. Poole sold 350 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.79, for a total transaction of $60,126.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 4,820 shares in the company, valued at $828,027.80. The trade was a 6.77 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of Keysight Technologies stock opened at $168.61 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $157.80 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $146.80. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $119.72 and a 12-month high of $175.39. The firm has a market cap of $29.26 billion, a PE ratio of 48.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a quick ratio of 2.27, a current ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35.

Institutional Trading of Keysight Technologies

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Tidal Investments LLC raised its position in Keysight Technologies by 8.0% during the 3rd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 8,649 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,375,000 after purchasing an additional 642 shares during the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $120,000. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Keysight Technologies by 7.9% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,400,035 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $697,411,000 after acquiring an additional 323,235 shares during the period. Goodman Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the third quarter valued at $35,000. Finally, Executive Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Keysight Technologies in the third quarter valued at $205,000. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on KEYS. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Keysight Technologies from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. StockNews.com cut Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 23rd. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $163.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 21st. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $177.30.

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.