Agilent Technologies (A) Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Agilent Technologies in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" A shares.
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14 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Agilent Technologies' stock. Their A share price forecasts range from $126.00 to $170.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $151.35 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.6% 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 21.3% and is now trading at $117.73.
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Agilent Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,220,000 shares, an increase of 7.9% from the April 30th total of 4,840,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,600,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 15th 2023.
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Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 23rd. The medical research company reported $1.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.01. The medical research company earned $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.67 billion. Agilent Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.11% and a net margin of 19.19%. Agilent Technologies's revenue for the quarter was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.13 earnings per share.
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Agilent Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Wednesday, July 26th. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) stock in their portfolio include Global X Genomics & Biotechnology ETF (GNOM), Global X Telemedicine & Digital Health ETF (EDOC), Subversive Metaverse ETF (PUNK), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), ProShares Nanotechnology ETF (TINY), BTD Capital Fund (DIP), Hennessy Stance ESG Large Cap ETF (STNC) and Kelly CRISPR & Gene Editing Technology ETF (XDNA).

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.75%. 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 19.82%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, A will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.83% 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 authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, January 9th 2023, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 4.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Agilent Technologies issued an update on its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.36-$1.38 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.43. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.64 billion-$1.68 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.77 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.65%), State Street Corp (4.38%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.08%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.78%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.10%) and Pictet Asset Management SA (1.79%). Insiders that own company stock include Boon Hwee Koh, Dominique Grau, Heidi Fields, 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 $117.73.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) has a market capitalization of $34.81 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 $4.54 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.