For the quarter ended April 2025, Keysight (KEYS) reported revenue of $1.32 billion, up 8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.70, compared to $1.41 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.28 billion, representing a surprise of +2.85%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +3.66%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.64.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
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: $913 million compared to the $884.15 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8.7% year over year.
- Revenue- Commercial Communications: $612 million versus $588.52 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.7% change.
- Revenue- Aerospace, Defense & Government: $301 million versus $295.62 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.7% change.
- Revenue- Electronic Industrial Solutions Group: $393 million versus $395.34 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.5% change.
- Income from operations- Electronic Industrial Solutions Group: $92 million versus $81.74 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Income from operations- Communications Solutions Group: $236 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $238.62 million.
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Shares of Keysight have returned +23.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +13.1% 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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