Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV Sells 210 Shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)

Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV cut its stake in shares of Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) by 27.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 543 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 210 shares during the period. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV’s holdings in Keysight Technologies were worth $72,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT grew its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT now owns 13,421 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,296,000 after acquiring an additional 57 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 14,996 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $2,511,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares during the period. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,524 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $423,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the period. Putnam Investments LLC grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. Putnam Investments LLC now owns 19,634 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,170,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the period. Finally, Cumberland Partners Ltd grew its stake in Keysight Technologies by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Cumberland Partners Ltd now owns 27,875 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $4,501,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the period. 81.72% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Keysight Technologies Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of KEYS traded up $0.38 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $133.18. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,154,111 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,228,862. The company has a current ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 2.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The stock has a market cap of $23.65 billion, a PE ratio of 21.14, a P/E/G ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 1.04. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $128.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $145.70. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has a 52 week low of $118.57 and a 52 week high of $189.45.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 17th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.89 by $0.15. Keysight Technologies had a net margin of 20.19% and a return on equity of 30.56%. The business had revenue of $1.38 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.38 billion. On average, analysts predict that Keysight Technologies, Inc. will post 7.52 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KEYS has been the subject of several research reports. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Keysight Technologies from $174.00 to $165.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 13th. StockNews.com lowered Keysight Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. TheStreet downgraded Keysight Technologies from a “b-” rating to a “c+” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 9th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Keysight Technologies from $200.00 to $175.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 18th. Finally, Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Keysight Technologies from $148.00 to $142.00 in a research report on Friday, August 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Keysight Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $173.30.

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. Its Communications Solutions Group segment provides electronic design automation (EDA) software; radio frequency and microwave test solutions, and related software; hardware and virtual network test platforms and software applications, including data center, routing and switching, software defined networking, security, and encryption; oscilloscopes, logic and serial protocol analyzers, logic-signal sources, arbitrary waveform generators, and bit error rate testers; and optical modulation analyzers, optical component analyzers, optical power meters, and optical laser source solutions, as well as resells refurbished used Keysight equipment.