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Keysight Technologies
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What Keysight Technologies is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $6.58 billion, up 26% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $1.47 billion, up 3.5% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $0.14 billion, up 7.7% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to October 31, 2025: $0.38 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to October 31, 2025: $0.75 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 18, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed December 17, 2025): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $4.1 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,259 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+116 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 10 (61 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Keysight Technologies is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending55th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex31st pct
- Hiring filings94th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications54th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment70th pct
- Call confidence78th pct
- Guidance changes37th pct
- Risk factors added28th pct
- Insider open-market trades39th pct
- + Call confidence
- + Call sentiment
- − Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver56th pct
- Stress filings49th pct
Credit
How these are built →Keysight Technologies's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$2.5B
- Due within a year $0.7B
- Longer term $1.8B
- Default point $1.6B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jul 31, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2025 | $750M | 5.350% | 2030 (5y) | +140bp | 5.396% |
| Oct 2, 2024 | $600M | 4.950% | 2034 (10y) | +118bp | 4.963% |
From the pricing term sheets Keysight Technologies filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Keysight Technologies, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralKeysight Technologies (KEYS) to Showcase Advanced RF and Microwave Solutions at European Microwave Week
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Sep 30, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 4, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC)third_quarter 2026
- Sep 29, 2026Patent
- Sep 1, 2026Patent
- Aug 26, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 7, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Apr 6, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Mar 24, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 13, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 11, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC)fourth_quarter 2025
- Dec 17, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Nov 20, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 27, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC)third_quarter 2025
- Jul 2, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC)second_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- May 27, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 20, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 3, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC)first_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Mar 25, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jan 7, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC)fourth_quarter 2024 · $0.0 million
- Dec 17, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 2 removed
- Nov 4, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 15, 202310-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teledyne Technologies TDY | $6.4B | $1.1B | Jun 28, 2026 |
| Zebra Technologies ZBRA | $5.8B | $0.9B | Jul 4, 2026 |
| Roper Technologies ROP | $8.3B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Vontier VNT | $3.1B | $0.4B | Jul 3, 2026 |
| Cognex Corporation CGNX | $1.1B | $0.3B | Jul 5, 2026 |
| Atlassian TEAM | $6.6B | $1.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| SS&C Technologies SSNC | $6.6B | $1.8B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Gartner IT | $6.5B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |