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 3 hold ratings and 10 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Agilent Technologies' stock. Their A share price forecasts range from $140.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $161.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price.
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Agilent Technologies' stock was trading at $149.65 at the beginning of the year. Since then, A shares have increased by 3.2% and is now trading at $154.42.
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Agilent Technologies saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,270,000 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the December 15th total of 3,100,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,340,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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Agilent Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 28th at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 21st. The medical research company reported $1.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.39 by $0.14. The medical research company earned $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.76 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 18.31% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.28%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.21 EPS.
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Agilent Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Wednesday, January 25th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 30th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.59%. 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 21.58%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, A will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.52% 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 share repurchase program on Monday, January 9th 2023, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 4.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Agilent Technologies updated its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.29-$1.31 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.31. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.68 billion-$1.70 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.73 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.14%), Parnassus Investments LLC (0.73%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.45%), Swiss National Bank (0.41%), TD Asset Management Inc (0.39%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.35%). Insiders that own company stock include Boon Hwee Koh, Dominique Grau, Heidi Fields, Henrik Ancher-Jensen, Jacob Thaysen, Mark Doak, Michael R Mcmullen, 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 $154.42.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) has a market capitalization of $45.69 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 $4.17 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.