Decline in KEYS’s short interest indicates Bullish sentiment

Daniel Torres

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Keysight Technologies Inc shares valued at $183,678 were sold by YOON SUNG on Dec 30 ’25. At $206.66 per share, YOON SUNG sold 889 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 16,953 shares worth approximately $3.67 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, YOON SUNG purchased 889 shares, netting a total of over 183,678 in proceeds.

Before that, Dougherty Neil had sold 1,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $203,719, the EVP and CFO traded Keysight Technologies Inc shares for $203.72 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,000 shares, worth approximately $27.7 million.

Analysts at UBS started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. Earlier on October 10, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for KEYS stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.

Analyzing KEYS Stock Performance

On last trading session, Keysight Technologies Inc [NYSE: KEYS] rose 2.23% to $216.69. The stock’s lowest price that day was $211.53, but it reached a high of $216.73 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.53%. Over the course of the year, Keysight Technologies Inc shares have jumped approximately 30.78%.

Is Keysight Technologies Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Keysight Technologies Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -1.03 million shares to 2.4 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 3.42 million shares. A decline of -42.77% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.24 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.24.

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In terms of Keysight Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 226 in the next 12 months, up nearly 6.62% from the previous closing price of $211.96. Analysts anticipate Keysight Technologies Inc stock to reach 243 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 210. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Keysight Technologies Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On July 21, 2025, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $175.

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