For most investors, how much a stock's price changes over time is important. This factor can impact your investment portfolio as well as help you compare investment results across sectors and industries.
Another factor that can influence investors is FOMO, or the fear of missing out, especially with tech giants and popular consumer-facing stocks.
What if you'd invested in Keysight (KEYS) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to KEYS for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?
Keysight's Business In-Depth
With that in mind, let's take a look at Keysight's main business drivers.
Based in Santa Rosa, CA, Keysight Technologies, Inc. is a provider of electronic design and test instrumentation systems. In 2013, Agilent Technologies announced that it will split into two independent companies. One of the companies was named Keysight Technologies, which became a fully independent electronic measurement company on Nov 1, 2014 and got listed on the New York Stock Exchange on Nov 3, 2014, with ticker symbol KEYS.
Keysight’s suite of connected car test solutions include Virtual Drive Test Toolset, which facilitates automakers to build virtual test routes in the lab by integrating network and channel emulation capabilities, and combining data captured in the field. Moreover, the company is evolving its expertise in software test automation capabilities.
Meanwhile, KeysightCare aids customers with end-to-end scalable support model solution loaded with robust test and measurement know-how to reduce time-to-market and enhance efficiency in a cost-effective manner.
Beginning first-quarter fiscal 2020, the company’s financial reporting comprises two segments — Electronic Industrial Solutions Group (EISG) and Communications Solutions Group (CSG). In third-quarter fiscal 2025, the company generated revenues of $1.31 billion.
Under CSG segment (69.6% of revenues in third-quarter fiscal 2025), the company offers radio frequency (RF) and microwave test instruments and allied software, and electronic design automation (EDA) software instruments, laser source products, optical amplifiers, and other software solutions.
The EISG segment (30.4%) offers test and measurement solutions across an array of electronic industrial end markets. It focuses on high-value applications in the automotive and energy industries and measurement solutions for consumer electronics, education, general electronics design and manufacturing, and semiconductor design and manufacturing. It also provides software and systems along with related services for use in the simulation, design, validation, manufacturing, installation and optimization of electronic equipment.
Bottom Line
Anyone can invest, but building a successful investment portfolio takes a combination of a few things: research, patience, and a little bit of risk. So, if you had invested in Keysight a decade ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today.
A $1000 investment made in September 2015 would be worth $5,128.76, or a gain of 412.88%, as of September 17, 2025, according to our calculations. This return excludes dividends but includes price appreciation.
In comparison, the S&P 500's gained 231.11% and the price of gold went up 213.25% over the same time frame.
Going forward, analysts are expecting more upside for KEYS.
Keysight is gaining traction from strong industry-wide growth backed by the solid adoption of its electronic design and test solutions.Growing investment in AI-driven advanced nodes, high-bandwidth memory and silicon photonics is induced by high AI-performance requirements driving growth in the semiconductor vertical. Strong demand for AI data-center network solutions and applications is a tailwind. Management's focus on expanding its business through collaborations with established sector players is positive. However, high dependency on contract manufacturing has made Keysight vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. Integration risks, owing to frequent acquisitions, are worrisome. Management expects moderating demand trends in the upcoming quarters owing to cautious customer behavior and macroeconomic challenges.
Over the past four weeks, shares have rallied 5.25%, and there have been 5 higher earnings estimate revisions in the past two months for fiscal 2025 compared to none lower. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.
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