Keysight Technologies stock: XR3 launch meets CFO transition

Published on 11/09/2026 at 16:13 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Keysight Technologies stock is in focus after the XR3 oscilloscope launch and a planned CFO transition. Fiscal-year results are due November 19.

Product launch, leadership and earnings

Keysight introduced the XR3 oscilloscope for dense, synchronized test systems.
Jason Kary is set to succeed Neil Dougherty as chief financial officer on December 18.
Fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year results are scheduled for November 19.

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Keysight Technologies stock traded at 254.18 euros on Lang & Schwarz at 16:06 CET on Monday, November 9, up 3.27% from the 246.13-euro quote in the company's own report published at 14:02 the same day. The move qualifies this second report, while the new product and leadership details add context ahead of the results.

XR3 expands high-density testing

Keysight introduced the XR3 on November 3 as a low-profile 14-bit oscilloscope for rack-based test systems. In its XR3 announcement, the company said the instrument occupies one rack unit and provides four analog and 16 digital channels.

Multiple units can be synchronized for more than 100 time-correlated channels. Keysight also cited selectable bandwidths from 200 megahertz to 1 gigahertz, a 1.3 million waveforms-per-second update rate and a 50-microvolt root mean square noise floor. The product is aimed at dense test environments in aerospace and defense, manufacturing and physics.

Planned CFO handover remains next

Jason Kary will become Keysight's chief financial officer on December 18, succeeding Neil Dougherty. Dougherty has held the role for 13 years and will remain as an adviser through fiscal 2027, according to the company's CFO succession announcement.

Following the change, the Electronic Industrial Solutions Group will report to Kailash Narayanan while remaining a separately reported segment. Keysight said its previously provided fourth-quarter outlook was unchanged and that demand across its end markets remained strong.

Results provide the next test

Keysight will publish results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended October 31 after the US market close on Thursday, November 19. The company has scheduled its conference call for 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, giving investors a near-term check on demand and the unchanged outlook.