Keysight up; Jefferies assumes coverage with 'hold'

Keysight Technologies

27/10/2025 10:18

** Shares of electronic equipment maker Keysight Technologies KEYS.N marginally up 0.4% at $170 premarket

** Jefferies assumes coverage with "hold" rating, PT at $180

** Brokerage notes that while its long-term growth outlook is strong, the current valuation already prices in much of the upside

     ** Notes co is seeing early AI-led growth in wireline communications, with rising demand for its software tools that enable virtual testing of data center components

** Spirent's acquisition boosts market reach and margins, adding high-value tech and cost synergy potential - Jefferies

* Nine of 12 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, three "hold"; their median PT is $190 - data compiled by LSEG

** Stock closed at $169.47, up 5.5% YTD as of last close

 (Reporting by Apratim Sarkar in Bengaluru)

 ((Apratim.Sarkar@thomsonreuters.com))