Keysight Technologies: New ATH Rising Above the Breaking PointWow, the volume spiked up hard for KEYS today! A solid 12.5% upside is a mirror of the earnings response that TGT made, and they're in a position to capitalize on the growing 5G telecom boom without dealing with the downside exposure of the telecom carriers and operators. This is a picks and shovels play, and I personally have used their line of Ixia BreakingPoint devices for the purposes of quite abusive network equipment testing in my professional day job. Annual and current growth of earnings and revenue is comfortably above a threshold of 20% that I look for in growth stock fundamentals to confirm technicals, and these guys have it.
On the technicals, the stock has absolutely soared to a new all time high today which is a good sign for a young company only a few years on the market. Fundamentals growing, technicals and momentum confirming the huge spike up in volume. No one exists to be shaken out of this, and all but an entire downard market correction on tomorrow's Jackson Hole outcomes is going to dig into the price action here. MACD, relative strength index, average direction index for trend reading, rate of change for momentum, money flow, and relative strength to the S&P 500 show this company screaming out of the gate ready to keep running up. With all technicals the way they are, this is a classic CANSLIM pick for me, and I did get the tip off from IBD news.
You may consider waiting for more confirmation Friday, but you'll have to wait until the market opens to buy up anyway if you do want to go in.
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KEYS - buy and holdSector: Industrials
Sub-Sector: Industrial Machinery & Equipment
Keysight Technologies, Inc. is a measurement company engaged in providing electronic design and test solutions to communications and electronics industries. 5G test solutions as one example, automated driving another testing solution, IoT and high-speed data centers another. Keysight generated revenues of $3.2B in fiscal year 2017. In April 2017, Keysight acquired Ixia, a leader in network test, visibility, and security. More information is available at keysight.com.
Liked the MACD on this one and rare to see here, as everyone is looking for short or mid-term trades. 12.3B company with 5.8B assets and 1.7B profits on 3.2B in 2017, so 12.3B means sales growth. No dividend.