Agilent Technologies (A) Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Agilent Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" A shares.
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15 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Agilent Technologies' stock. Their A share price forecasts range from $110.00 to $170.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $148.12 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.5% from the stock's current price.
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Agilent Technologies' stock was trading at $149.65 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, A stock has decreased by 25.3% and is now trading at $111.82.
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Agilent Technologies saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,040,000 shares, a decrease of 10.4% from the August 15th total of 4,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,930,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 20th 2023.
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Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 15th. The medical research company reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.07. The medical research company earned $1.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 16.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.86%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.34 earnings per share.
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Agilent Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Wednesday, October 25th. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 2nd.
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Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.81%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 23.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, A will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.73% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Agilent Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Monday, January 9th 2023, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 4.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Agilent Technologies updated its fourth quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.33-$1.36 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.35. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.66 billion-$1.71 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.69 billion.

452 employees have rated Agilent Technologies Chief Executive Officer Mike McMullen on Glassdoor.com. Mike McMullen has an approval rating of 98% among the company's employees. This puts Mike McMullen in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Agilent Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "A."

Agilent Technologies' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (12.72%), BlackRock Inc. (10.78%), State Street Corp (4.47%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.16%), Northern Trust Corp (1.30%) and Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Boon Hwee Koh, Dominique Grau, Henrik Ancher-Jensen, Jacob Thaysen, Michael R Mcmullen, Michael Tang, Padraig Mcdonnell, Rodney Gonsalves and Samraat S Raha.
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One share of A stock can currently be purchased for approximately $111.82.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) has a market capitalization of $32.72 billion and generates $6.85 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $1.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.82 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,100 workers across the globe.

Agilent Technologies' mailing address is 5301 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA, 95051. The official website for the company is www.agilent.com. The medical research company can be reached via phone at (800) 227-9770, via email at investor_relations@agilent.com, or via fax at 408-345-8474.