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KEYS·Keysight Technologies, Inc.

$366.03
-4.19 (-1.13%)
High
$368.75
Open
$365.00
Market Cap
65.16B
52W High
$389.93
Low
$358.52
P. Close
$366.03
P/E
51.72
52W Low
$160.50
Fwd P/E
26.57
DailyIQ Est.
$433.53
Inst. Ownership
40.4%
Short Interest
1.37%
Days to Cover
2.1
Technical Score (1D)
94
BULLISH
News Sentiment
70
BULLISH
On Oct 13, Keysight Technologies announced the launch of two new 1.6T Ethernet test platforms, SERT 1600GE and AresONE Plus 1600GE. The platforms were designed to validate next‑generation AI data center and hyperscale networking infrastructure. They support high‑density switch fabric testing and realistic AI workload emulation. By providing a consistent test foundation for device qualification, routing, and AI fabric validation, the launch positioned Keysight as a key enabler for future AI‑driven networking solutions. The announcement highlighted the company’s focus on accelerating performance validation before deployment, and it was reported to enhance performance testing for AI data centers and hyperscale networks.
LOW TARGET
$350 -4.4%
2 analysts
MEAN TARGET
$418 +14.2%
8 analysts
HIGH TARGET
$487 +33.0%
11 analysts
PRICE RANGE
$350.00 - $487.00
SB / B / H / S / SS
5/12/2/1/1
DAILYIQ EST.
$433.53 (+18.4%)
Sector
Technology
Industry
Scientific & Technical Instruments
Exchange
NYQ
Country
United States
Symbol
KEYS
Description
Keysight Technologies is a global provider of advanced electronic design and test solutions, serving diverse industries through its Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group. The company's core value lies in offering sophisticated software, instrumentation, and services that facilitate the entire lifecycle of electronic systems, from initial design and simulation to manufacturing, deployment, and optimization. Keysight's products are essential for validating and improving communication systems across various sectors, including wireless, data centers, aerospace, and defense. Furthermore, they support the automotive, energy, and semiconductor industries, providing crucial tools for electronic equipment development. With a history dating back to 1939, Keysight offers a comprehensive suite of support services, including product support, training, and professional engineering, solidifying its position as a key partner for its clients.
Bought (1Y)
0 shares
$0
Sold (1Y)
18,375 shares
$6.2M
Dhanasekaran SatishPresident and CEO
Sell3,000 shares2026-09-30
POOLE LISA M.VP and Controller
Sell200 shares2026-09-23
Dougherty NeilEVP and CFO
Sell2,000 shares2026-09-21
Estrada Ingrid ASVP
Sell2,000 shares2026-09-04
Reese Scott-
Award/Grant435 shares2026-08-26
77/ 100
Bullish
Overall: Bullish
✓Revenue growing year over year
✓Positive net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Net Margin
15.8%
Revenue CAGR
5.3%
Current Ratio
2.35x
Debt / Equity
0.43x
Return on Equity
14.5%
Earnings Summary
Keysight Technologies is a global provider of advanced electronic design and test solutions, serving industries such as wireless, data centers, aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, and semiconductors with sophisticated software, instrumentation, and services that span the entire electronic system lifecycle. In the scientific & technical instruments sector, Keysight competes on precision, reliability, and a broad portfolio that supports high‑speed optical, AI‑enabled test solutions, and software‑defined vehicles. Recent quarterly performance shows a steady upward trajectory: Q1 2025 revenue rose to $1.306 billion, Q2 2025 to $1.352 billion, and Q3 2025 to $1.419 billion, reflecting a 4.6 % YoY growth in Q3 driven by AI‑infrastructure orders; EPS consistently beat estimates, with Q1 2025 at $1.70 versus $1.64635 forecast, Q2 2025 at $1.72 versus $1.67174, and Q3 2025 at $1.91 versus $1.8337. The company maintained a pattern of EPS beats in all three quarters, while revenue growth accelerated from 4.6 % in Q3 to 5.4 % in Q4 2025 (forecasted $1.540 billion). Historically, Keysight has shown a YoY revenue growth trajectory of 14.7 % over the past two years, with consistent EPS beats and margin expansion above 40 % when growth exceeds 5 %. Recent news highlights a 36 % YoY revenue jump to $1.846 billion in Q3 2026, driven by a 56 % surge in orders from AI‑infrastructure and advanced connectivity customers, and signals a strategic push into high‑speed optical and AI‑enabled test solutions; analysts have raised price targets by roughly 30 % and noted strong free‑cash‑flow support for future investment. Forward‑looking watch points for investors include monitoring the conversion of the robust order pipeline into Q4 revenue, as supply constraints could temper growth, and watching for guidance revisions on revenue and margin that would validate the bullish analyst consensus; key will be the company’s ability to sustain margin expansion amid competitive pressures and supply‑chain uncertainties.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$1.46$1.92$2.37$2.83$3.28Q2'25Q3'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26Q4'25
QtrEstActual+/−
Q4'25$2.00 - -
Q3'26$2.48$3.07+23.7%
Q2'26$2.37$2.87+21.2%
Q1'26$2.00$2.17+8.8%
Q3'25$1.83$1.91+4.2%
Q2'25$1.67$1.72+2.9%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$1.3B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B$1.9BQ2'25Q3'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26Q4'25
QtrEstActual+/−
Q4'25$1.5B - -
Q3'26$1.7B$1.8B+5.6%
Q2'26$1.7B$1.7B-1.3%
Q1'26$1.5B$1.6B+3.9%
Q3'25 - $1.4B -
Q2'25 - $1.4B -

Market Data

KEYS Stock Snapshot

BULLISH94/100
$366.03−$4.19 (1.1%)
Market cap
65.16B
P/E ratio
51.7
Day range
$358.52 – $368.75
News sentiment
70/100 · Bullish
Analyst target
$418.00 (+14.2%)
Consensus
Buy · 21 analysts
52-week range+128.1% off low · -6.1% from high
$160.50$389.93
Price $366.03 DailyIQ Est. $433.53

Momentum is working in KEYS's favour - it ranks in the upper part of DailyIQ's momentum universe. The stock is liquid enough that positioning changes get absorbed without distorting the trend.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into KEYS?

RICH

At today's price, Keysight Technologies, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about 40.3% a year for the next 10 years to justify its valuation at a 11.05% cost of capital. Over its actual history it has compounded free cash flow at 12.6% a year, so the market is asking for 27.7 percentage points above its own delivered rate. On that basis KEYS looks priced above what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
40.3%
Historical FCF CAGR
12.6%
Growth gap
+27.7 pts
Verdict
RICH
Discount rate (WACC)
11.05%
Beta
1.22

Behaviour On Record

What KEYS's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
26.6% 48th pct
Below its peak
-4.9%
vs 200-day average
+20.1%
Up days (1y)
57%

Keysight Technologies, Inc. is currently running 26.6% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against KEYS's own 12 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 48th percentile — close to its own typical level, against a typical reading of 27.3%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

KEYS is trading -4.9% below its running peak. Across 11 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -25.8%, and the deepest was -36.7% in 2023. The current pullback is therefore shallower than what this stock gives back in a typical year, which is context worth having before treating it as a dislocation.

Price sits +20.1% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 80th percentile — a wider gap than this stock usually carries. Over the past year KEYS closed higher on 57% of sessions, and it is currently 2 sessions into a falling streak.

On October specifically: over 12 years of records, KEYS finished the month higher 9 of 12 times, with a median return of +5.6% and an average of +3.2%. Its strongest month historically has been November at +7.2% on average, its weakest March at -1.4%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: KEYS has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 128 of 3,012 sessions (4.2% of the time), with the largest gaps running +10.9% and -10.0%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

Across the last 4 dated reports on file, KEYS moved an average of 4.7% in the session after earnings, closing higher 1 of those 4 times, with a median move of -1.6% and a largest of -8.6%.

All figures computed from 3,013 daily closes between 2014-10-20 and 2026-10-13, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against KEYS's own 12-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of KEYS's sector?

Keysight Technologies, Inc. sits in the Software sector, currently ranked 2nd of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (weakening).

Sector rank
#2 of 12
Sector state
Weakening
Sector rotation score
82

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for KEYS?

CallsPuts

For Keysight Technologies, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-10-16, 2 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.63), with at-the-money implied volatility around 6.3%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±0.5% move by that expiry — a range of about $361.11–$364.47.

Put/call ratio (2026-10-16)
0.63
ATM implied volatility
6.3%
Total open interest
8,930
Expected move by 2026-10-16
±0.5% ($361.11–$364.47)

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on KEYS?

Goldman Sachs most recently reiterated its rating on Keysight Technologies, Inc. to Buy on Oct 6, 2026 with a price target of $487 (from $452). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
Goldman Sachs — Buy
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Oct 6, 2026Goldman SachsMaintainedBuy$452 → $487
Aug 19, 2026JP MorganMaintainedOverweight$400 → $425
Aug 19, 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainedOverweight$400 → $425
Aug 19, 2026UBSMaintainedBuy$420 → $440
Aug 19, 2026Truist SecuritiesMaintainedHold$376 → $400
Aug 19, 2026BarclaysMaintainedOverweight$387 → $429
Aug 19, 2026Wells FargoMaintainedOverweight$390 → $405
Aug 19, 2026SusquehannaMaintainedPositive$425 → $440
Aug 19, 2026BairdMaintainedOutperform$385 → $410
Jul 13, 2026Morgan StanleyUpgradeEqual-Weight → Overweight$350 → $400
May 22, 2026Truist SecuritiesMaintainedHold$310 → $376
May 21, 2026JP MorganMaintainedOverweight$360 → $390

Peers & ETF holders

KEYS peers & ETF holders

News Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment gathered from recent headlines

70/100
Strong NegativeNeutralStrong Positive
BULLISH

Recent News Coverage

Most recent articles, ranked by recency (click to expand).

10+ articles
What did this article say?
On October 13, 2026, Keysight Technologies announced two new 1.6T Ethernet test platforms, SERT 1600GE and AresONE Plus 1600GE, aimed at validating next‑generation AI data center and hyperscale networking infrastructure. The platforms provide high‑density switch fabric testing and realistic AI workload emulation, enabling customers to accelerate performance validation before deployment. By offering a consistent test foundation for device qualification, routing, and AI fabric validation, the launch positions Keysight as a key enabler for future AI‑driven networking solutions.
What did this article say?
Keysight Technologies reported robust growth and profitability, positioning the company for continued expansion. Technical analysis highlighted a bull flag pattern near recent highs, suggesting a potential breakout. The combination of solid fundamentals and favorable chart signals indicates a positive outlook for investors seeking growth exposure.
What did this article say?
On October 12, Keysight Technologies announced a new PCIe® 7.0 protocol test solution designed to accelerate validation of AI infrastructure. The product targets high‑speed data paths used in machine‑learning accelerators, offering faster throughput and lower latency testing. By enabling quicker verification, the tool is expected to shorten development cycles for AI hardware vendors and improve reliability of emerging AI systems.
What did this article say?
On October 9, 2026, Keysight Technologies announced it would exhibit a comprehensive set of AI infrastructure validation tools at the 2026 OCP Global Summit in San Jose. The company highlighted large‑scale AI workload emulation, multi‑vendor interoperability, and end‑to‑end inference validation capabilities designed to accelerate deployment of next‑generation AI systems. Demonstrations focused on emerging high‑speed interconnects, open scale‑up connectivity, and scale‑across architectures spanning data centers. The showcase aimed to position Keysight as a key enabler for technology developers, hyperscalers, and operators seeking realistic validation before production. The event underscored the company’s ongoing investment in AI infrastructure solutions, though it did not signal a material shift in earnings or market share.
What did this article say?
Keysight Technologies introduced a new ultra‑low‑noise dual‑channel signal generator designed for 6G research, partnering with the Berkeley Wireless Research Center. The product launch was well received, contributing to a 7.59% rise in the stock over the past week and a 22.31% gain over 90 days. The company’s 1‑year total shareholder return of 128.16% and 5‑year return of 140.55% underscore sustained momentum. Analysts view the new 6G offerings as a positive catalyst for future revenue growth, while some investors question whether the current valuation reflects the added upside.
What did this article say?
KEYS introduced agentic AI capabilities into its software suite, enabling engineers to direct AI agents to automate complex design tasks. The feature leverages large language models to generate design solutions, enhancing productivity and positioning the company as a leader in AI-driven engineering tools.

Technical Analysis

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94
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Institutional & Hedge Fund Ownership
25 tracked managers · $21.50B combined position · 19 adding, 6 trimming, 0 unchanged (latest 13F filings)
ManagerTrendShares Held% of Co.Position ValueFiled
BlackRock, Inc.▲ Buy20,084,00111.25%$7.03B2026-08-07
Vanguard Group Inc▲ Buy21,525,69412.06%$4.37B2026-01-29
Geode Capital Management, LLC▲ Buy4,784,7052.68%$1.67B2026-08-12
Capital World Investors▲ Buy3,433,6471.92%$1.20B2026-08-12
FMR LLC (Fidelity)▲ Buy2,378,7261.33%$832.72M2026-08-13
Invesco Ltd.▲ Buy2,333,2571.31%$816.80M2026-08-14
Norges Bank▲ Buy2,190,4251.23%$766.80M2026-08-12
Northern Trust Corp▲ Buy1,950,6081.09%$682.85M2026-08-13
Morgan Stanley▲ Buy1,877,9701.05%$657.42M2026-08-13
Janus Henderson Group plc▲ Buy1,259,1640.71%$355.58M2026-05-18
AQR Capital Management LLC▲ Buy989,9500.55%$346.09M2026-08-14
Goldman Sachs Group Inc▲ Buy980,4340.55%$343.22M2026-08-14
Man Group plc▲ Buy965,8550.54%$338.12M2026-08-14
Wells Fargo & Company▼ Sell921,0090.52%$322.42M2026-08-14
Bank of America Corp▼ Sell802,7000.45%$281.00M2026-08-14
JPMorgan Chase & Co▼ Sell663,9510.37%$225.83M2026-08-12
Wellington Management Group LLP▲ Buy633,0960.35%$221.63M2026-08-14
Third Point LLC▲ New585,0000.33%$204.79M2026-08-14
Citadel Advisors LLC▼ Sell555,9530.31%$194.62M2026-09-02
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.▲ Buy383,8780.22%$134.38M2026-08-14
Prudential Financial Inc▼ Sell354,7900.20%$124.20M2026-08-12
Two Sigma Investments, LP▲ Buy339,3150.19%$118.78M2026-08-14
Citigroup Inc▲ Buy290,7270.16%$101.77M2026-08-03
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.▼ Sell227,5350.13%$79.65M2026-08-14
Neuberger Berman Group LLC▲ Buy217,2670.12%$76.06M2026-08-13
Q2 2026 flow:6.48M sh bought ($2.27B)646.3K sh sold ($225.58M)net +5.83M sh (+$2.04B)
Congressional Trading Activity
5 disclosed trades · ~$64.5K est. traded value · 2 buys, 3 sells
MemberChamberStateTypeAmountTradedFiled
Jefferson ShreveHouseIN06▼ Sell$15K - $50K2025-04-112025-05-08
Rob BresnahanHousePA08▲ Buy$1K - $15K2025-04-082025-05-08
Tommy TubervilleSenateAL▼ Sell$1K - $15K2024-04-042024-05-15
Tommy TubervilleSenateAL▲ Buy$1K - $15K2021-09-302021-10-15
Sheldon WhitehouseSenateRI▼ Sell$1K - $15K2014-12-182015-01-05