After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. After-hours trades for Keysight Technologies Inc. (KEYS) shows that investor sentiment remained broken, with the stock’s consolidated last price falling by -$0.96, or -0.60%, to $159.00. The Keysight Technologies Inc. has recorded 130,263 volume in the after hours trading session. Earlier, Yahoo Finance discussed this stock as it revealed Keysight Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Analog Devices to Advance 6G Technology Design and Development.
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Stocks Info
KEYS belongs to the Technology sector of the NYSE while operating in the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $159.96 and fluctuated between $161.60 as its day high and $159.72 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Keysight Technologies Inc. is $28.99B. A total of 1.93 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.08M shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, KEYS has seen 2 BUY and 15 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 13,080 and the disposition of 59,952 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 38 BUYs and 69 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 336,139 shares during that period but sold 240,454.
In the most recent transaction, NARAYANAN KAILASH sold 500 shares of KEYS for 178.22 per share on Feb 01. After the transaction, the SVP now owns 26,669 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 23, Nersesian Ronald S. sold 18,069 shares at 170.00 per share. KEYS shares that Executive Chair owns now total 275,209.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Dockendorff Charles J disposed of 3,257 shares on Dec 13 at a per-share price of $185.06. This resulted in the Director holding 52,423 shares of KEYS after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Li Jeffrey K sold 2,236 shares at $179.03 per share on Dec 08. Company shares held by the SVP and Secretary now total 24,721.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for KEYS in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $195.69 with high estimates of $225.00 and low estimates of $178.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, KEYS has a high of $189.45 and a low of $127.93.
As of this writing, KEYS has an earnings estimate of $1.85 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 13 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.88 per share and a lower estimate of $1.84. The company reported an EPS of $2.01 in the last quarter, which was 12.90% higher than expectations of $1.78.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 16 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for KEYS is Underweight with a score of 4.54. A total of 9 analysts rated the stock as Buy while 2 rated it as Overweight while 5 rated it as Hold. Among the other participants, 0 thought the stock was Underweight and 0 thought it should be Sold.
