Agilent Technologies (A) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Agilent Technologies in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" A shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Agilent Technologies' shares. Their A share price forecasts range from $140.00 to $174.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $161.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.2% 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 stock has decreased by 13.7% and is now trading at $129.14.
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Agilent Technologies saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,840,000 shares, a drop of 9.0% from the April 15th total of 5,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.6% 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, May 23rd 2023.
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Agilent Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 23rd 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 earnings results on Tuesday, February, 28th. The medical research company reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.06. The medical research company had revenue of $1.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.70 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 19.09% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.35%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.21 EPS.
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Agilent Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 4th will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Wednesday, April 26th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 3rd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) stock in their portfolio include Global X Telemedicine & Digital Health ETF (EDOC), Global X Genomics & Biotechnology ETF (GNOM), Subversive Metaverse ETF (PUNK), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), ProShares Nanotechnology ETF (TINY), Hennessy Stance ESG Large Cap ETF (STNC), Kelly CRISPR & Gene Editing Technology ETF (XDNA) and Invesco DWA Healthcare Momentum ETF (PTH).

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.71%. 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 20.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, A will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.47% 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 has authorized a share repurchase program on Monday, January 9th 2023, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Agilent Technologies updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.24-$1.27 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.27. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.66 billion-$1.68 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.65 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 retail and institutional 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 $129.14.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) has a market capitalization of $38.19 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 $4.43 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.