Agilent Technologies - A Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Agilent Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" A shares.
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13 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Agilent Technologies' shares. Their A share price forecasts range from $135.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $151.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.5% from the stock's current price.
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Agilent Technologies' stock was trading at $159.65 at the beginning of the year. Since then, A stock has decreased by 23.9% and is now trading at $121.55.
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Agilent Technologies saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,030,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the August 31st total of 2,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,470,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 28th 2022.
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Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 16th. The medical research company reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.14. The medical research company had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.64 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 19.94% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.46%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.10 earnings per share.
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Agilent Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 21st. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 4th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, October 26th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 3rd.
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Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.68%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 19.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, A will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Agilent Technologies declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, February 16th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Agilent Technologies issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.06-$5.08 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.75 billion-$6.78 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.51 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."

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One share of A stock can currently be purchased for approximately $121.55.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) has a market capitalization of $35.98 billion and generates $6.32 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $1.21 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.39 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 17,000 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.