Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC Boosts Stake in Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 14.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 3,196 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 414 shares during the quarter. Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $513,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 7.9% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,400,035 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $697,411,000 after purchasing an additional 323,235 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB lifted its holdings in Keysight Technologies by 7.1% during the 3rd quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 4,421,264 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $702,671,000 after buying an additional 292,372 shares during the last quarter. Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 59.1% in the 3rd quarter. Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC now owns 686,704 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $109,138,000 after acquiring an additional 254,985 shares in the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 27.6% in the 3rd quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 1,001,358 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $158,692,000 after acquiring an additional 216,564 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,857,378 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,248,773,000 after acquiring an additional 194,294 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have weighed in on KEYS shares. StockNews.com raised shares of Keysight Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Barclays upped their target price on Keysight Technologies from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on Keysight Technologies from $163.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $180.80.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Keysight Technologies news, SVP Mark Adam Wallace sold 6,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.79, for a total value of $970,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 85,829 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,886,273.91. This represents a 6.53 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 17,822 shares of Keysight Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.66, for a total transaction of $3,023,680.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 116,582 shares in the company, valued at $19,779,302.12. This represents a 13.26 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 33,063 shares of company stock worth $5,573,941. 0.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Keysight Technologies Price Performance

Shares of KEYS opened at $167.87 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.02. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $166.79 and its 200-day moving average is $154.89. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a one year low of $119.72 and a one year high of $175.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 2.27 and a current ratio of 2.98.

Keysight Technologies 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.