Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Sells 718 Shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. lowered its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 49.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 742 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 718 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $119,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of KEYS. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.2% during the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,952 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $314,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Caprock Group LLC raised its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 3,127 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $502,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 2,410 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $387,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN boosted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 2,118 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $340,000 after buying an additional 68 shares in the last quarter. Finally, RMR Wealth Builders lifted its position in Keysight Technologies by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. RMR Wealth Builders now owns 2,593 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $417,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have issued reports on KEYS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $170.00 to $200.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. StockNews.com cut Keysight Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $184.44.

Insider Activity at Keysight Technologies

In other Keysight Technologies news, CFO Neil Dougherty sold 3,632 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total transaction of $562,960.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 115,063 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,834,765. This trade represents a 3.06 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.61% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Keysight Technologies Stock Up 0.1 %

Keysight Technologies stock opened at $149.93 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $165.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $162.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 2.27 and a current ratio of 2.98. The company has a market cap of $25.91 billion, a PE ratio of 42.84, a PEG ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.10. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $119.72 and a fifty-two week high of $186.20.

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.