KEYS Q1 FY2026 Earnings: $101M Tax Benefit Obscures 14% Organic Breakout
Keysight Technologies reported record Q1 FY2026 revenue of $1.6 billion, beating consensus by $60 million with non-GAAP EPS of $2.17 topping estimates by 9%. But the 10-Q reveals a $101 million tax benefit from an audit settlement drove the effective tax rate to -42%, inflating GAAP EPS by approximately 40%. Beneath the tax windfall, 14% organic growth — double the FY2025 pace — and a 96% Q/Q cash flow surge to $441M with 1.57x cash conversion signal a genuine inflection in Keysight's demand trajectory, driven by AI data center infrastructure buildout.