For the quarter ended July 2025, Keysight (KEYS) reported revenue of $1.35 billion, up 11.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.72, compared to $1.57 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.31 billion, representing a surprise of +2.92%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +2.38%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.68.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Keysight performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Communications Solutions Group: $940 million versus $917.23 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11% change.
- Revenue- Commercial Communications: $644 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $617.75 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.6%.
- Revenue- Aerospace, Defense & Government: $296 million versus $299.47 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.6% change.
- Revenue- Electronic Industrial Solutions Group: $412 million compared to the $396.45 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11.4% year over year.
- Income from operations- Electronic Industrial Solutions Group: $92 million versus $88.33 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Income from operations- Communications Solutions Group: $246 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $253.54 million.
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Shares of Keysight have returned +0.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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