Briefing From The Editor -- KEYS Stock

By Tamara Parker • Tuesday, October 17 15:12 • Permanent Link

Keysight Technologies logged a -1.7% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $129.15 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. KEYS's trading volume is 703,159 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,360,921.

Keysight Technologies trades -22.49% away from its average analyst target price of $166.62 per share. The 13 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $142.0 to $208.0, and on average have given Keysight Technologies a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying KEYS should be aware of the facts below:

Keysight Technologies's current price is 135.5% above its Graham number of $54.85, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Keysight Technologies has moved -20.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 18.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 6.1, Keysight Technologies has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
KEYS has a forward P/E ratio of 16.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $7.75 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 3.67 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Keysight Technologies is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.68 compared to its sector average of 3.78
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.
Based in Santa Rosa, the company has 14,800 full time employees and a market cap of $22.93 Billion.

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