Achmea Investment Management B.V. Has $1.21 Million Position in Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Achmea Investment Management B.V. reduced its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 51.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,501 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 7,893 shares during the quarter. Achmea Investment Management B.V.’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $1,205,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 330.3% in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 673,872 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $108,244,000 after buying an additional 517,267 shares in the last quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd increased its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 282.4% in the fourth quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 626,145 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $100,586,000 after buying an additional 462,403 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in Keysight Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $58,367,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings 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 valued at $697,411,000 after acquiring an additional 323,235 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB boosted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 7.1% in the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 4,421,264 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $702,671,000 after acquiring an additional 292,372 shares during the last quarter. 84.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Keysight Technologies

In other news, SVP Mark Adam Wallace sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.79, for a total transaction of $970,740.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 85,829 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,886,273.91. This trade represents a 6.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on KEYS shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. StockNews.com cut Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Bank of America raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $170.00 to $200.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Keysight Technologies from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $184.44.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 2.7 %

NYSE KEYS opened at $152.11 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $26.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.46, a P/E/G ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.98 and a quick ratio of 2.27. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $167.92 and its 200-day moving average is $161.98. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a one year low of $119.72 and a one year high of $186.20.

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.