NYSE:A - Agilent Technologies Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Agilent Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.164 per share on Wednesday, January 23rd. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 28th. This is an increase from Agilent Technologies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Agilent Technologies' Dividend History.

Agilent Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, November 19th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 8.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 19th. The medical research company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.07. The medical research company had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.26 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 19.84%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.67 EPS. View Agilent Technologies' Earnings History.

Agilent Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 13th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Agilent Technologies.

Agilent Technologies updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 19th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.00-3.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.97. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.13-5.17 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.19 billion.Agilent Technologies also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $3.00-3.05 EPS.

9 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Agilent Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $89.00. On average, they anticipate Agilent Technologies' stock price to reach $80.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Agilent Technologies.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Agilent Technologies in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Agilent Technologies.

Media coverage about A stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Agilent Technologies earned a media sentiment score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the medical research company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Agilent Technologies include Illumina (ILMN), Waters (WAT), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), PerkinElmer (PKI), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO.B), Bruker (BRKR), Coherent (COHR), Horiba (HRIBF), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Accelerate Diagnostics (AXDX), Quanterix (QTRX), Fluidigm (FLDM), Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals (EYPT) and Harvard Bioscience (HBIO).

Agilent Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.25%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.02%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), Cardinal Capital Management (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). Company insiders that own Agilent Technologies stock include Boon Hwee Koh, Didier Hirsch, Dominique Grau, Heidi Fields, Jacob Thaysen, James Cullen, Mark Doak, Michael R Mcmullen, Patrick G Hagan, Patrick Kaltenbach, Paul N Clark and Rodney Gonsalves. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Agilent Technologies.

A stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Fox Run Management L.L.C.. Company insiders that have sold Agilent Technologies company stock in the last year include Boon Hwee Koh, Dominique Grau, Heidi Fields, Michael R Mcmullen, Patrick Kaltenbach, Paul N Clark and Rodney Gonsalves. View Insider Buying and Selling for Agilent Technologies.

A stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factory Mutual Insurance Co., CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, DNB Asset Management AS, First Hawaiian Bank, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc. and Cardinal Capital Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Agilent Technologies.

Shares of A can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of A stock can currently be purchased for approximately $70.61.

Agilent Technologies has a market capitalization of $22.42 billion and generates $4.91 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $316 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.79 on an earnings per share basis. Agilent Technologies employs 14,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Agilent Technologies is http://www.agilent.com.

Agilent Technologies' mailing address is 5301 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA, 95051. The medical research company can be reached via phone at 408-345-8886 or via email at [email protected]