Keysight Technologies Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) reported strong Q1 FY2025 results, exceeding guidance with revenue of $1.30 billion, up from $1.26 billion in Q1 2024. The company posted GAAP net income of $169 million ($0.97 per share) and non-GAAP net income of $317 million ($1.82 per share).

The Communications Solutions Group (CSG) saw 5% growth, reaching $883 million in revenue, while the Electronic Industrial Solutions Group (EISG) reported $415 million, down 1% year-over-year. Cash flow from operations reached $378 million, with free cash flow of $346 million.

For Q2 FY2025, Keysight expects revenue between $1.27-1.29 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.61-1.67. Management notes a gradual recovery in 2025, with consistent demand environment.

Keysight (NYSE: KEYS) announced its upcoming demonstrations at Mobile World Congress 2025, showcasing innovations across multiple technology domains. The presentations will focus on three main areas: AI, 6G, and 5G-Advanced technologies.

In the AI segment, Keysight will demonstrate AI-RAN orchestration using KORA solutions, AI-powered device testing with Atlas Test Management Center, and AI/ML channel estimation for enhanced throughput performance. The 6G demonstrations will include Channel Studio RaySim RF ray tracing solution, EDA software with AI/ML capabilities, and digital twin technology featuring a large-scale private network model of Malaga, Spain.

Additional showcases will include 5G-Advanced industrial applications, O-RAN and Core Testing, security solutions for network analysis, and Wi-Fi 7 testing capabilities featuring performance benchmarking of Access Points in the 6 GHz band at 320 MHz bandwidth.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) is expanding its role in Europe's 6G development through participation in two new projects under the 6G Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU), a research program co-funded by the European Union.

The company is joining two specific initiatives: UNITY-6G, focused on developing AI-native architecture for network integration, and 6G-VERSUS, which implements sustainable technologies across six environmentally conscious industries. These three-year projects complement Keysight's existing involvement in four other SNS-JU projects: IMAGINE B5G, CENTRIC, 6G-SANDBOX, and 6G-SHINE.

Keysight's laboratories in Aalborg, Denmark, and Malaga, Spain, will contribute to these projects, providing advanced solutions for developing smart communication components, systems, and networks. The initiatives emphasize AI-driven management systems to minimize environmental impact and enhance energy efficiency in network operations.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) and Alea S.r.l have achieved a significant milestone by validating the first mission-critical 3GPP EUTRA test case for mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) at the Global Certification Forum meeting. The validation was performed using Keysight's S8704A Protocol Conformance Toolset.

The achievement marks a important step in Mission Critical Communications (MCX) development, as the industry transitions from narrowband to broadband technology. The validated test case covers essential steps including LTE attach, SIP registration, user authentication, and key management via IPSec. This development is particularly important for sectors requiring reliable communication such as public safety, security, transportation, and utilities.

The validation provides a foundation for mandatory mission-critical conformance certification, ensuring high reliability, performance, and interworking in mission-critical communications.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has announced it will release its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, ending January 31, 2025, after market close on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. The company will host a conference call at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to discuss the results.

Investors can access the conference call through a live webcast on the company's investor relations website or by dialing 1-404-975-4839 or 1-833-470-1428 (toll-free) using access code 992044. A replay of the call will be available for 90 days on Keysight's investor relations website.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) and the University of Malaga (UMA) have launched a new 6G Research and Innovation Lab, expanding Keysight's European infrastructure. The facility features three main workspaces: Monitor, Measurement, and Experience, focusing on real-time 5G/6G network monitoring, advanced testing solutions, and technology demonstrations.

The lab's research priorities include new spectrum and components development, AI & ML networks integration, digital twins creation, networked sensing applications, new network topologies, and security enhancement. The facility incorporates the Victoria Network experimentation platform and will serve as a hub for innovation in 6G technology development.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) and KD have partnered to develop a comprehensive test solution for Multigigabit Optical Automotive Ethernet physical layer. The collaboration focuses on creating a Transmitter Distortion Figure of Merit (TDFOM) measurement and signal analysis metric for validating PMD transmitter conformance based on IEEE 802.3cz and Open Alliance standards.

The partnership addresses the growing demands of modern vehicles, which contain over 100 million lines of code and require higher-speed backbone communications. The IEEE 802.3cz standard, published in 2023, supports operations up to 50 Gb/s over glass optical fiber, with specifications for 2.5-, 5-, 10-, 25-, and 50-Gb/s operations in automotive environments.

The solution combines KD's software-based reference receiver and signal metric analysis capabilities with Keysight's optical-to-electrical converter and oscilloscope technology to evaluate transmitted optical signals' performance in achieving required system Bit Error Rate through worst-case optical channels.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has unveiled a comprehensive Low-Power Double Data Rate 6 (LPDDR6) design and test solution to support next-generation memory systems. This solution includes transmitter and receiver test applications alongside the Advanced Design System Memory Designer workflow solution.

The system combines Keysight's UXR oscilloscope and M8040A Bit Error Ratio Tester, featuring advanced measurement-based noise compensation technology for superior signal integrity. Key benefits include accelerated time-to-market with automated compliance testing, comprehensive receiver testing, and enhanced performance analysis focusing on speed optimization and power efficiency.

The LPDDR6 standard is designed to support high-performance computing, AI, and energy-efficient mobile applications. Its applications extend to automotive systems, data centers, and edge computing where balancing processing power and energy consumption is crucial. The solution will be publicly demonstrated at DesignCon 2025 in Santa Clara, California.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Southern Power to acquire renewable energy credits from a 39 MW portion of the Phase III expansion at the Millers Branch Solar Facility in Haskell County, Texas. The project is expected to begin commercial operation in Q1 of fiscal year 2027.

The agreement will generate renewable electricity equivalent to 100% of Keysight's electricity consumption in the United States and Canada. This initiative supports Keysight's environmental goals, including their near-term science-based target and objective to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in company operations by the end of fiscal year 2040.