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Keysight Technologies Inc (KEYS) – Don’t Be So Quick to Call it Dead

Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE: KEYS) is 6.63% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $119.72 and a high of $175.39 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The KEYS stock was last observed hovering at around $172.26 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.63%.

Currently trading at $169.63, the stock is 3.02% and 6.29% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.82 million and changing -1.53% at the moment leaves the stock 13.83% off its SMA200. KEYS registered 22.72% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 24.73%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $159.2514 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $148.88824.

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The stock witnessed a 9.52% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 18.53%, and is 0.60% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.77% over the week and 2.47% over the month.

Keysight Technologies Inc (KEYS) has around 14900 employees, a market worth around $29.44B and $4.98B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 48.49 and Fwd P/E is 21.25. Profit margin for the company is 12.33%. Distance from 52-week low is 41.69% and -3.28% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.66%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 10.51% this year

1236.0 institutions hold shares in Keysight Technologies Inc (KEYS), with institutional investors hold 90.32% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 172.60M, and float is at 172.08M with Short Float at 1.85%. Institutions hold 89.79% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 20.54 million shares valued at $2.81 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.806 of the KEYS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 17.18 million shares valued at $2.35 billion to account for 9.8753 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 8.38 million shares representing 4.8161 and valued at over $1.15 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.4041 of the shares totaling 7.66 million with a market value of $1.05 billion.

Keysight Technologies Inc (KEYS) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Nersesian Ronald S., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Nersesian Ronald S. sold 41,911 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 03 ’24 at a price of $170.41 per share for a total of $7.14 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.24 million shares.

Keysight Technologies Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 03 ’24 that Gooi Soon Chai (SVP) sold a total of 18,212 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 03 ’24 and was made at $171.34 per share for $3.12 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.23 million shares of the KEYS stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 04 ’24, Li Jeffrey K (Officer) Proposed Sale 4,412 shares at an average price of $171.92 for $0.76 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Keysight Technologies Inc (KEYS).

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