Information Technology · CIK 0001601046

KEYS Keysight Technologies

Moderate positive

Keysight Technologies's management tone tended to become more positive when quarterly net income improved.

Relationship strength (, primary)

0.55

Sample

8 quarterly observations

Usable sample

Multiple-testing check

Does not remain notable after adjusting for hundreds of tests. Why?

Pearson (secondary): 0.52 Why show both?

The analysis measures a same-filing relationship, not a forecast. Limitations

Tone vs earnings change

Each dot represents one 10-Q filing. Points farther right have more positive MD&A tone. Points higher on the chart had stronger year-over-year net income growth, after extreme percent changes are capped. Upper-right and lower-left points indicate tone and earnings moving in the same direction. How to read this chart

Direction agreement

Tone and earnings moved in the same direction in 4 of 6 comparable quarters.

4 / 6 direction agreement

How is agreement calculated?

Statistical details (Pearson, p-values, q, confidence interval)

Spearman ρ (exact)	0.548 (p=0.160)
Pearson r	0.520 (p=0.187)
95% CI (Pearson)	[-0.29, 0.90]
FDR q	0.447
Sample size (n)	8 · Usable sample
Agreement	4 / 6 (4 / 6)

Revenue analysis (secondary metric)

Secondary to net income because revenue concepts are less comparable across some industries.

Relationship

Strong positive

Spearman

0.80

Pearson

0.92

Sample

15 quarterly observations

Annual 10-K analysis (secondary analysis)

Annual samples are shorter and are not mixed into the default quarterly board.

Relationship

Relationship not available

Spearman

n/a

Pearson

n/a

Sample

1 annual observation

Filing history

Tone shown to three decimals so small nonzero values stay visible.

Quarterly (10-Q)

Date	Form	Tone	Net income YoY	Revenue YoY
Jun 4, 2026	10-Q	+0.198	+35.8%	+31.5%
Mar 5, 2026	10-Q	+0.169	+66.3%	+23.3%
Aug 29, 2025	10-Q	+0.092	-50.9%	+11.1%
Jun 3, 2025	10-Q	+0.088	+104.0%	+7.4%
Mar 6, 2025	10-Q	+0.004	-1.7%	+3.1%
Aug 29, 2024	10-Q	-0.071	+35.1%	-11.9%
May 31, 2024	10-Q	-0.132	-55.5%	-12.5%
Mar 5, 2024	10-Q	-0.023	-33.8%	-8.8%
Aug 30, 2023	10-Q	+0.042	n/a	+0.4%
May 31, 2023	10-Q	+0.105	n/a	+2.9%
Mar 3, 2023	10-Q	+0.065	n/a	+10.5%
Aug 30, 2022	10-Q	+0.073	n/a	+10.4%
Jun 1, 2022	10-Q	+0.080	n/a	+10.6%
Mar 1, 2022	10-Q	+0.100	n/a	+5.9%
Aug 31, 2021	10-Q	+0.267	n/a	+23.2%

Annual (10-K)

Date	Form	Tone	Net income YoY	Revenue YoY
Dec 17, 2025	10-K	+0.025	+38.4%	+8.0%
Dec 17, 2024	10-K	+0.016	n/a	-8.9%
Dec 15, 2023	10-K	+0.055	n/a	+0.8%
Dec 15, 2022	10-K	+0.082	n/a	+9.7%
Dec 17, 2021	10-K	+0.047	n/a	+17.1%