NYSE: KEYS

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Nov 4 close

$285.86−19.25 (−6.3%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryNov 4 close

Keysight shares fell sharply this week, dropping 8% in a single session and settling near $279.81 as persistent selling erased nearly $4 billion in market value, an unusual level of volatility for the test-and-measurement company. The decline came even as Keysight rolled out several AI-driven test products, including the XR3, a 14-bit low-profile oscilloscope for high-density, rack-based systems, alongside an Agentic AI solution aimed at automating test workflows, and confirmed an orderly CFO transition. The company also planned to showcase AI infrastructure, aerospace and defense, and semiconductor testing solutions at electronica 2026.

Keysight closed at $285.86, down 6.3%, with the close sitting between the 50-day average of $339.68 and the 200-day average of $317.97. The GekkoIndex reads 68.8, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 7.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $309.25.

Keysight next reports earnings on 19 November 2026, after close, 14 days away and inside a typical 20-trading-day hold; the prior quarter produced a -11.5% reaction despite an EPS beat of $2.82 versus a $2.16 estimate. Over the last 30 days, one unusual options signal appeared, with call premium of $1.2 million against no put premium. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 10.5% move over 5 years, rising in 5 of them. Analyst consensus among 11 firms stands at 10 buy and 1 hold, with a consensus target of $418.

Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

Keysight Technologies price vs fair value

$309.25$285.86Nov ’25May ’26Nov ’26
Close $285.86200-day averageGekko Fair Value $309.25

Keysight Technologies quick facts

Market cap
$48.67B
P/E ratio
40.5
Forward P/E
19.5
EPS, TTM
$7.39
Revenue, TTM
$6.58B
Profit margin
19.1%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
1.21
Volume
2.15M avg 1.39M
1-year return
+53.5%
Typical daily move
±5.4%
Typical 20-day move
±5.9%
50-day average
$339.68
200-day average
$317.97
Next earnings
Nov 19 after close
Shares outstanding
170.2M
52-week range
$167.23$389.93

Keysight Technologies swing-trade checklist

Keysight Technologies scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 6 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

4 supportive1 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $285.86 sits between the 50-day ($339.68) and 200-day ($317.97) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    68.8, Accumulation

    Reading 68.8 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    7.6% below

    Price is 7.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneysupportive

    Leans bullish

    Last 30 days: 1 unusual options signal.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 14 days

    Reports on Nov 19, 2026, 14 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +10.5% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +10.5% over 5 years, rising in 5 of them.

    See seasonality

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Keysight Technologies stock chart and price history

Keysight Technologies closed at $285.86 on Nov 4, 2026, +53.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $167.23 to $389.93.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Keysight Technologies share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$150$200$250$350$400DecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct285.86

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−26.3%
3 months
−15.2%
6 months
−22.0%
1 year
+53.5%
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About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies builds equipment and software that engineers rely on to design and check electronic products before they reach the market. Its customers work in fields such as communications, networking, aerospace, defense, government, automotive, energy, chip production, broader electronics, and academic settings. The company is recognized for instruments like oscilloscopes, signal generators, and analyzers that measure how circuits and devices behave under real conditions.

Keysight runs two main business groups. One centers on communications and networks, combining design software with radio-frequency and microwave testing gear, plus hardware and virtual tools aimed at data centers, switching, software-defined networks, and cybersecurity, along with a line of refurbished equipment for resale. The other group serves industrial and laboratory needs, supplying items such as multimeters, frequency counters, power sources, circuit board testers, and semiconductor parametric testers, together with supporting test software. Alongside these products, the company offers technical help, training, and advisory services, reaching buyers through its own sales staff as well as distributors, resellers, and outside representatives across several world regions.

Keysight Technologies traces back to 1939 and operates out of Santa Rosa, California. Its stock trades on the NYSE under the ticker KEYS.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Electronic technology
Industry
Electronic equipment/Instruments
Website
keysight.com

Keysight Technologies GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Keysight Technologies’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 68.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 7.8 points over five sessions.

010068.8Accumulation

Up 7.8 points over five sessions.

Reading for Nov 4, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying23+1.7%+5.0%+3.7%+10.9%
Accumulation (current zone)177+1.3%+2.3%+4.3%+7.0%
Neutral424+0.7%+1.4%+2.9%+7.4%
Distribution61−1.3%−2.2%−1.0%+6.0%
Selling12−1.5%−1.4%−3.6%+7.2%

Average KEYS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Keysight Technologies stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Keysight Technologies trades 7.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $309.25, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Keysight Technologies shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$309.25

Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026

7.6% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 19.8% above the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$309$305Aug 2026SepOctNov 2026

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Keysight Technologies insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Keysight Technologies, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for KEYS in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in KEYS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Keysight Technologies has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jul 31, 2026
$210.0M
As a share of market cap
0.43%
Trailing four quarters
$600.0M

From company filings.

Unusual options activity last 30 days

1signal, 100% of the flagged premium in calls.

Latest: Bullish flow on Oct 31, $1.20M in unusual premium.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

1of the funds Gekko tracks holds KEYS.

0added1opened0trimmed1sold out
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Keysight Technologies earnings: next date and track record

Keysight Technologies reports on Nov 19, 2026, after the close (14 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.

7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±8.7%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+9.3%Nov ’24−7.6%Feb ’25−0.2%May ’25−3.6%Aug ’25+13.2%Nov ’25+23.8%Feb ’26+0.5%May ’26−11.5%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 18, 2026 AI summary

What they said
Keysight delivered record Q3 FY2026 results with orders up 56%, revenue up 36%, and EPS up 79% year-over-year. Communications Solutions orders grew for the ninth consecutive quarter with revenue up 43%, driven by AI infrastructure, aerospace/defense, and commercial communications. Wireline orders more than doubled YoY. Strong free cash flow generation accompanied broad-based growth across semiconductors, defense modernization, and next-gen communications markets.
Guidance
Management raised Q4 and full fiscal year FY2026 outlook based on strong momentum. AI data center scaling is driving a multiyear industry roadmap, positioning Keysight for sustained growth. No specific revenue or EPS targets were provided in this excerpt.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 18, 2026$2.82
est $2.16
+30.6%$1.85B
est $1.75B
+5.7%−11.5%
May 19, 2026$2.87
est $2.32
+23.7%$1.72B
est $1.71B
+0.7%+0.5%
Feb 23, 2026$2.17
est $1.98
+9.6%$1.60B
est $1.54B
+3.9%+23.8%
Nov 24, 2025$1.91
est $1.82
+4.9%$1.42B
est $1.38B
+2.5%+13.2%
Aug 19, 2025$1.72
est $1.67
+3.0%$1.35B
est $1.32B
+2.6%−3.6%
May 20, 2025$1.70
est $1.65
+3.0%$1.31B
est $1.28B
+1.9%−0.2%
Feb 25, 2025$0.97
est $1.30
−25.4%$1.30B
est $1.28B
+1.7%−7.6%
Nov 19, 2024$1.65
est $1.57
+5.1%$1.29B
est $1.26B
+2.3%+9.3%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Keysight Technologies stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Keysight Technologies is $418.00, +46.2% from the last close, from 11 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$418.00consensus 12-month target, +46.2% from the last close
Low $400High $487
Buy10
Hold1
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 11 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Oct 8CitiBuy, maintained$400+39.9%
Oct 5Goldman SachsBuy, reiterated$487+70.4%
Sep 16Truist FinancialHold, maintained——
Sep 14Bank of America SecuritiesBuy, reiterated$405+41.7%
Aug 19Morgan StanleyBuy, maintained$425+48.7%
+4.3%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+10.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±5.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Keysight Technologies seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Keysight Technologies averaged +10.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+7.1%2021+9.0%2022+11.4%2023+11.4%2024+15.4%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+2.5%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days+2.3%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+7.6%5 of 5
Next 20 trading days+10.5%5 of 5
Next 30 trading days+11.2%5 of 5

For scale, KEYS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.9%.

Keysight Technologies market cap and key statistics

Keysight Technologies’s market cap is $48.67B, with a P/E ratio of 40.5 and revenue of $6.58B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$48.67B
P/E ratio
40.5
Forward P/E
19.5
EPS, TTM
$7.39
Gekko Fair Value
$309.25

Trading

Volume
2.15M
Avg volume, 20 days
1.39M
52-week high
$389.93
52-week low
$167.23
Shares outstanding
170.2M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$6.58B
Profit margin
19.1%
Return on equity
20.9%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+109.1%

Risk and income

Beta
1.21
Typical daily move
±5.4%
Typical 20-day move
±5.9%

Keysight Technologies stock news this week

Coverage of Keysight Technologies this week reads positive: 11 positive, 8 neutral and 2 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

Keysight Technologies peers

Keysight Technologies’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
EMREmerson Electric+2.5%Neutral19.3% above
QQnity Electronics−1.0%Accumulation4.4% below
FTVFortive+1.1%Distribution14.2% above
NXTNextpower+2.3%Distribution5.9% above
NVMINova+0.5%Accumulation14.2% below
ONTOOnto Innovation−6.7%Accumulation28.1% below

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Reporting earnings this week

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Keysight Technologies stock FAQ

What is Keysight Technologies’s market cap?

Keysight Technologies’s market cap is $48.67B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $285.86, with 170.2M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 40.5.

What is the Keysight Technologies stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Keysight Technologies is $418.00, +46.2% from the last close. Of the 11 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 10 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Keysight Technologies stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Keysight Technologies is undervalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $285.86 is 7.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $309.25. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Keysight Technologies report earnings next?

Keysight Technologies is expected to report on Nov 19, 2026, after the market closes (14 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $3.37 per share on revenue of $1.95B. Keysight Technologies beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.7% on average across the report.

What is Keysight Technologies’s 52-week high and low?

Keysight Technologies’s 52-week high is $389.93 and its 52-week low is $167.23; it closed at $285.86 on Nov 4, 2026, +53.5% over the past year.

Is Keysight Technologies stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, smart money and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

Is there unusual options activity in Keysight Technologies?

Gekko flagged 1 unusual options signal in Keysight Technologies over the last 30 days, with $1.20M of flagged premium in calls and $0 in puts. The latest, bullish flow, was on Oct 31, 2026 with $1.20M in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.

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