Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) Releases Q1 Earnings Guidance

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.65-$1.71 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.57. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.265-$1.285 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.24 billion. Keysight Technologies also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.650-1.710 EPS.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $152.16 on Wednesday. Keysight Technologies has a one year low of $119.72 and a one year high of $166.28. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $155.38 and its 200-day moving average is $145.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 2.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.98.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 20th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.57 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $1.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.19 billion. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 18.24% and a return on equity of 21.01%. Keysight Technologies’s revenue was down 11.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.04 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Keysight Technologies will post 5.48 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

KEYS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Bank of America upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 21st. Vertical Research started coverage on Keysight Technologies in a report on Tuesday, July 23rd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $175.00 price objective for the company. Barclays lifted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, August 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $176.30.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Richard P. Hamada sold 1,632 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $156.00, for a total value of $254,592.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 42,160 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,576,960. The trade was a 3.73 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Company 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.