Keysight Technologies KEYS
$272.13 +$11.52 (+4.42%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $272.13 0.00%
Open$277.14
Prev close$260.61
Day range$265.16 – $277.34
Volume2.55M
Market cap$46.33B
P/E (TTM)37.4
Dividend yield–
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership92.0%-0.05 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,510+39 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)11 buys / 37 sellsNet selling
Short interest1.27% of floatDays to cover 1.7 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share8.7%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$32.20M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 36.1% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 1.87% to 1.27% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +298,685 | 0.5% |
| BlackRock | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,473,391 | 11.8% |
| FMR | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +981,148 | 1.1% |
| Wellington Management Group | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +619,163 | 0.4% |
| Third Point LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +585,000 | 0.3% |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +567,895 | 0.4% |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +506,456 | 0.4% |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +505,132 | 1.2% |
| HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +502,847 | 0.5% |
| AQR Capital Management | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +502,718 | 0.6% |
| Numeric Investors LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +420,122 | 0.6% |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +382,081 | 0.5% |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +380,074 | 0.2% |
| Allianz Asset Management AG | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +364,146 | 0.2% |
| Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +341,474 | 0.7% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Jeffrey Li | Senior Vice President | Sale to Issuer | -1,479 | $331.21 | 14,343 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Jo Juskie | Chief Human Resources Officer | Sale to Issuer | -1,375 | $331.21 | 5,820 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Satish Dhanasekaran | Chief Executive Officer | Open Market Disposition | -3,000 | $364.13 | 21,895 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Lisa Poole | VP, Principal Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller | Open Market Disposition | -200 | $348.01 | 2,678 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | Neil Dougherty | Chief Financial Officer | Open Market Disposition | -2,000 | $340.79 | 123,390 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Ingrid Estrada | SVP and Chief of Supply Chain & Operations Officer | Open Market Disposition | -2,000 | $326.10 | 66,612 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Scott Reese | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +435 | – | 435 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Scott Reese | Independent Director | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | – |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Jean Nye | Lead Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -3,000 | $319.22 | 35,842 |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Ingrid Estrada | SVP and Chief of Supply Chain & Operations Officer | Automatic Disposition | -2,000 | $314.66 | 68,612 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Lisa Poole | VP, Principal Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller | Sale to Issuer | -32 | $319.08 | 2,878 |
| 5 Jul 2026 | Arnaud Allouche | Other Acquisition | +1,474 | – | 1,474 | |
| 5 Jul 2026 | Arnaud Allouche | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | – | |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Ingrid Estrada | SVP and Chief of Supply Chain & Operations Officer | Open Market Disposition | -2,000 | $340.87 | 70,612 |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Satish Dhanasekaran | Chief Executive Officer | Automatic Disposition | -507 | $361.32 | 24,895 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | James Cullen | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -3,000 | $346.58 | 10,429 |
| 25 May 2026 | Jo Juskie | Chief Human Resources Officer | Sale to Issuer | -136 | $355.74 | 4,213 |
| 17 May 2026 | Satish Dhanasekaran | Chief Executive Officer | Sale to Issuer | -500 | $340.48 | 25,402 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | Richard Hamada | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -870 | $275.78 | – |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Jeffrey Li | Senior Vice President | Open Market Disposition | -2,000 | $297.19 | 12,793 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 2,164,006 | 1.3% | 1.7 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 2,436,733 | 1.4% | 2.2 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 2,360,669 | 1.4% | 2.8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 2,899,547 | 1.7% | 1.5 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 2,944,319 | 1.7% | 3.1 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 3,196,667 | 1.9% | 2.6 |
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