KEYS — Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Sector: Technology | Exchange: NYSE | Updated: 2026-04-08
Keysight Technologies provides electronic design and test solutions to communications, aerospace & defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor, and general electronics markets.
Roadmap
Delivery: 0/14 (0%)
| Commitment | Date Said | Source | Follow-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⏳ | Strategic deployment of capital balancing investment for organic growth, mergers and acquisitions, and return of capital to shareholders | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Leverage AI capability across many Keysight solutions to enhance value to customers and enhance productivity for customers and internal operations | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Continue to make strategic investments to expand the R&D component of revenue mix and grow software and services content of business | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Maintain structured knowledge transfer programs to retain critical expertise and maintain business continuity as experienced employees become eligible for retirement | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Continuously evolve marketing practices and technology stack to leverage AI for innovation and productivity while supporting data-driven approach to sales and marketing initiatives | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Add new application layer solutions that address opportunities in design and data management | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Continue to allocate capital and invest in growth through different market environments | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Invest to deliver differentiated, first-to-market solutions through R&D investment and vertical technology integration | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Capture opportunities in served addressable market and expand in attractive adjacencies through capital allocation strategy | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Enable rapid advances in AI through solutions to increase efficiency of AI compute clusters and accelerate deployment of new interconnect technologies in AI data center infrastructure | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Focus on intent-based marketing as company continues to adjust to how prospects prefer to discover, learn, and buy | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Expand Keysight’s contributions across the technology stack, building on core strength in physical layer and adding new protocol layer and system emulation capabilities | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Grow recurring revenue through increasing software content in solutions and dedicated global enterprise software sales force | FY2025 10-K | ||
| ⏳ | Continue to maintain R&D expenditures to deliver continuous flow of innovative, high-quality customer solutions, products, and services | FY2025 10-K |
Management Quotes
“With a software- and customer-centric focus, we continue to make strategic investments to help our customers and partners address their most complex technology challenges.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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“Keysight is enabling rapid advances in AI through solutions to increase the efficiency of AI compute clusters, accelerate AI chip development, and support AI-driven network innovation.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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“We generated $5.4 billion, $5.0 billion, and $5.5 billion of revenue in 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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“We anticipate that we will continue to maintain R&D expenditures at a relatively consistent percentage of revenue as we remain committed to innovation.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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“Keysight’s business strategy is exemplified in four key objectives: customer first, differentiated solutions, software-led growth, and operational excellence.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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“Building on our industry-leading position, we are investing to capitalize on emerging technologies including AI, next-generation wireless communications, software-defined vehicles, and quantum computing.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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“In 2025, we invested $1,007 million in R&D.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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“As of October 31, 2025, our backlog was approximately $2,697 million, compared to $2,338 million as of October 31, 2024.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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“Our mission, ‘accelerating innovation to connect and secure the world,’ reflects our strategy of helping customers address their most complex challenges across the entire product lifecycle.”
— Keysight Technologies (Company), FY2025 10-K (2025-12-17)
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Analysis Notes
FY2025 10-K Analysis (2026-04-04)
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Tags: strategy growth
Financial Performance
Keysight FY2025 revenue $5.38B (+8.0% recovery from $4.98B trough). Net income $0.85B. FY2024 weakness from telecom/semiconductor inventory correction. FY2025 recovery powered by Spirent, Synopsys OSG, and Ansys PowerArtist acquisitions. Backlog grew to $2.7B from $2.4B.
Strategic Priorities
- Invest to deliver differentiated, first-to-market solutions
- Grow recurring revenue through software/services content
- Capitalize on AI ecosystem opportunities
Management Tone
Bullish
FY2025 vs FY2024 — Narrative Evolution Analysis (2026-04-04)
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Tags: strategy
Narrative Drift
Narrative stable with continued emphasis on innovation and acquisition-driven growth. FY2025 introduces significant new emphasis on AI opportunities. Completed acquisitions: Spirent, OSG, PowerArtist.
Risk Evolution
Improving: removed ‘reduced access to credit’ and ‘changes in interest rates’ risks. No new risks introduced.
Financials
Data available for: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (USD Billion)
- 10-K FY2022 (filed 2022-12-15)
- 10-K FY2023 (filed 2023-12-15)
- 10-K FY2024 (filed 2024-12-17)
- 10-K FY2025 (filed 2025-12-17)