Agilent Technologies (A) Stock Price, News & Analysis

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Agilent Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" A shares.
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17 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Agilent Technologies' shares. Their A share price targets range from $105.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $138.47 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.4%.
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Agilent Technologies' stock was trading at $149.65 at the start of the year. Since then, A shares have decreased by 7.1% and is now trading at $139.03.
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Agilent Technologies saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,230,000 shares, a decline of 10.8% from the November 30th total of 5,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 27th 2024.
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Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) released its earnings results on Monday, November, 20th. The medical research company reported $1.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.04. The medical research company earned $1.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.67 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 18.15% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.24%. Agilent Technologies's quarterly revenue was down 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.53 earnings per share.
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Agilent Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.236 per share on Wednesday, January 24th. This represents a $0.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.65%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 21.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, A will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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), ProShares Nanotechnology ETF (TINY), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), TCW Transform Supply Chain ETF (SUPP), Kelly CRISPR & Gene Editing Technology ETF (XDNA), WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (AIVL) and Invesco Focused Discovery Growth ETF (IVDG).

Agilent Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Monday, January 9th 2023, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 4.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Agilent Technologies updated its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.20-$1.23 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.55 billion-$1.60 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.67 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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