KEYS — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of KEYS's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-06-04 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-03-05
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +42 | −36 | ~22 | 15 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~3 | 0 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | +5 | −1 | ~1 | 3 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +32 | −19 | ~8 | 138 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +2 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-06-04
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Keysight” or “the company”), incorporated in Delaware on December 6, 2013, is a global innovator in the computing, communications and electronics markets, committed to advancing our customers’ business success by helping them solve critical challenges…
products and services. Our mission, “accelerating innovation to connect and secure the world,” speaks to the value we provide our customers in a world of ever-increasing technological complexity. We deliver this value through a broad range of design, emulation, and test solutions that address the cr…
We are committed to investing in research and development (“R&D”) and have focused our development efforts on strategic opportunities that align our business with available markets and position the company for growth. Our R&D investments focus on the development of first-to-market solutions with dif…
U.S. government tariffs and IEEPA tariff refund claims and related customer surcharge refunds
Changes to U.S. tariff policy, which resulted in broad-based increases in tariff rates, impacted our financial results for the three and six months ended April 30, 2026. We continue to closely monitor and assess the potential impact of ongoing tariff actions on our results, and take steps across mul…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-03-05
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Keysight” or “the company”), incorporated in Delaware on December 6, 2013, is a global innovator in the computing, communications and electronics markets, committed to advancing our customers’ business success by helping them solve critical challenges…
We invest in research and development (“R&D”) to align our business with available markets and position the company for growth. Our R&D efforts focus on the development of new software and hardware products, as well as improvements to existing products, and solutions aligned to the industries that w…
solutions, products, and services. We remain committed to investment in R&D and have focused our development efforts on strategic opportunities to capture future growth.
Changes to U.S. tariff policy, which resulted in broad-based increases in tariff rates, impacted our financial results for the three months ended January 31, 2026. Notwithstanding the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court on February 20, 2026, litigation continues in the federal courts …
Total orders for the three months ended January 31, 2026 were $1,645 million, an increase of 30 percent compared to the same period last year. Foreign currency movements had a favorable impact of 1 percentage point, and acquisitions had a favorable impact of 7 percentage points, on the year-over-yea…
Legal proceedings
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-06-04
We continue to manage the ongoing matters involving Centripetal Networks (“Centripetal”). On January 1, 2022, Centripetal filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Virginia, alleging that certain Keysight products infringe certain of Centripetal’s patents. We challenged the validity of claims of …
In addition, in February 2022, Centripetal filed complaints in Germany alleging infringement of three of Centripetal’s German patents. Keysight challenged the validity of the claims of these patents in German nullity or European Patent Office (“EPO”) opposition procedures. Two of the three patents w…
In April 2022, Centripetal filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) requesting that they investigate whether Keysight violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act (“Section 337”) and requesting that Keysight be enjoined from importing certain products that are manufactured outside…
On August 21, 2024, Centripetal filed a complaint in Europe’s Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) alleging that certain Keysight products sold in Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands infringe a European Centripetal patent. In December 2025, the UPC issued its written determination that Keysight’s ac…
We continue to deny all the Centripetal allegations and are aggressively defending each case.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-03-05
On January 1, 2022, Centripetal Networks filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Virginia, alleging that certain Keysight products infringe certain of Centripetal’s patents. We challenged the validity of claims of eight of these patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), with al…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-06-04
There have been recent and ongoing changes to U.S. tariff policy, resulting in broad-based increases in tariff rates. Commencing in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, new U.S. tariffs applying to imports from all countries were announced, including significantly higher rates on imports from China. I…
In February 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States (“U.S. Supreme Court”) determined that tariffs imposed pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) were not authorized by law. Subsequent rulings by the U.S. Court of International Trade have directed U.S. Customs and…
•the administrative procedures and timing for processing claims,
•the availability of government funding or appropriations to support refund payments (including accrued interest), and
•the impacts of any further litigation, appeals or regulatory action.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-03-05
There have been recent and ongoing changes to U.S. tariff policy, resulting in broad-based increases in tariff rates. Commencing in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, new U.S. tariffs applying to imports from all countries were announced, including significantly higher rates on imports from China. I…
our customers or suppliers, and therefore, our business. Any export restrictions or sanctions and any tariffs or other trade restriction imposed on our customers or suppliers could adversely affect our financial condition and business.
may also lead to reduced demand for our solutions, replacement of our products by the combined entity with those of our competitors and cancellations of orders, each of which could harm our operating results.
On June 14, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued final regulations relating to Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (“GILTI”) under IRC § 951A (the “tax regulations”). The tax regulations contained language which
disallowed GILTI tax deductions for intangible asset amortization resulting from the Singapore restructuring completed in 2018. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, we concluded, in response to recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on a number of relevant cases, the evolving global tax landsc…
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-06-04
(1)The “Aggregate number of securities to be sold” represents the gross number of shares to be received during the duration of the plan, before excluding any shares withheld by the company to satisfy its income tax withholding in connection with the net settlement of the equity awards. Any underlyin…
During the three and six months ended April 30, 2026, there were no terminations of a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.”
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice