Keysight Technologies Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the sixth consecutive year, demonstrating its continued commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. This recognition highlights Keysight's dedication to creating long-term value for stakeholders while making a positive global impact.

The company has received multiple CSR-related awards and recognitions in the past year, including:

• Continued inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index Series and MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes
• Highest ISS Quality Score for social and environmental categories
• Recognition in notable rankings such as Newsweek's America's Greenest Companies 2025, TIME World's Most Sustainable Companies 2024, and Forbes America's Best Employers for Diversity
• Named #1 Industry Leader in the 2024 JUST 100 Ranking

Ingrid Estrada, Keysight's Chief Administrative Officer and CSR program executive sponsor, emphasized the company's commitment to ethical, environmentally sustainable, and socially responsible operations.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) announced that Indra has selected their EW Advanced Simulation Platform (EWASP) to enhance electronic warfare test and evaluation capabilities. The platform features an open architecture and scalable framework that integrates with legacy threat databases while accommodating future threats.

Key features include advanced software automation through Simulation View Software, configurable mission adaptability, multi-port analysis, and sophisticated mission simulations. The system offers RF performance up to 54 GHz, 2.5 GHz modulation bandwidth, and comprehensive angle of arrival simulation capabilities.

This collaboration aligns with Indra's 'Leading the Future' plan to become a European leader in defense and aerospace, enabling automated and reusable verification between simulated dynamic scenarios and threat databases.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has joined the Intel Foundry Accelerator United States Military, Aerospace and Government (USMAG) Alliance. This strategic collaboration aims to support the U.S. Defense Industrial Base and government customers by optimizing Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for Intel Foundry process technologies.

The partnership builds on Keysight's extensive experience in providing custom, standard, and 'build-to-print' automated EDA tools and test solutions to major defense contractors and the U.S. government. These solutions support critical applications in radars, aircraft, satellites, spacecraft, surveillance, military, and communications systems.

The alliance, founded on Intel Foundry's role in the U.S. Department of Defense RAMP-C program, ensures secure design methodologies while meeting Intel Foundry's process design kit requirements.

Keysight Technologies is progressing with regulatory clearances for its all-cash acquisition of Spirent Communications. The company has initiated a process to divest Spirent's high-speed ethernet and network security business lines through a competitive auction. Spirent's shareholders approved the transaction on May 22, 2024. The acquisition has received conditional authorization from the French Ministry for the Economy, approvals from German Federal Ministry and UK's Chancellor. The company has filed for SAMR clearance in China on November 25, 2024. The transaction is expected to complete during the first half of Keysight's fiscal 2025, ending April 30, 2025.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has announced its participation in two upcoming investor conferences. CFO Neil Dougherty will represent the company at the Wells Fargo 8th Annual TMT Summit on December 4, 2024, at 2:15 p.m. PT, and the Barclays 22nd Annual Global Technology Conference on December 11, 2024, at 10:25 a.m. PT. Both events will feature fireside chats that will be available via live audio webcast on Keysight's investor website, with replays accessible for 90 days after the events.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has partnered with Instrumentix to launch an integrated trading analytics platform for financial markets. The collaboration combines Instrumentix's xMetrics flow monitoring software with Keysight's market-data monitoring capabilities, offering comprehensive trade visibility through optical taps, high-speed packet brokers, multicast gap detection, and time synchronization. The integrated solution provides real-time monitoring via a unified dashboard, helping financial institutions optimize trade execution and resolve performance issues quickly. The platform can be deployed as standalone software or integrated with Keysight's Vision 400 Network Packet Brokers, supporting up to 400Gbps of line-rate market data feeds.

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) reported Q4 FY2024 results with revenue of $1.29 billion, slightly below last year's $1.31 billion. The company posted a GAAP net loss of $73 million due to a $315 million tax expense related to a new Singapore tax incentive. Q4 non-GAAP net income was $288 million. For full FY2024, revenue decreased to $4.98 billion from $5.46 billion in FY2023. The Communications Solutions Group revenue remained flat, while Electronic Industrial Solutions Group revenue declined 6%. For Q1 FY2025, Keysight expects revenue between $1.265-1.285 billion with non-GAAP EPS of $1.65-1.71.

Spectra7 and Keysight announced a joint demonstration of 800Gbps Active Copper Interconnects (ACCs) testing at SC24, the International Conference for High Performance Computing. The demo will showcase Spectra7's GC1122 silicon in 800G OSFP and QSFP-DD ACC interconnects operating with the Keysight AresONE-M 800GE Layer 1-3 Test System. The collaboration aims to validate robust performance testing for AI infrastructure, with Spectra7's GaugeChanger™ technology offering advantages in power, latency, and cost compared to competing Active Electrical Cables and Active Optical Cables.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has launched its new Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software portfolio, leveraging AI and machine learning to transform electronic design processes. The EDA 2025 software suite features Python integration and focuses on accelerating RF device modeling, reducing modeling time from days to hours. The software includes enhanced capabilities for RF Circuit Design, High-speed Digital Design, and Device Modeling, with AI-enhanced workflows enabling faster simulation-to-verification processes. Key improvements include 10X faster model re-centering time and streamlined automation for complex RF and chiplet products development.