At the time of writing, Agilent Technologies Inc. [A] stock is trading at $137.36, up 0.26%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The A shares have gain 4.04% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.29%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 29, February 2024, Agilent Presents Solutions Innovation Research Awards to Drexel University and Prairie View A&M University Researchers. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Scientists recognized for their innovative work in advanced materials research.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 13, 2023, when Wolfe Research initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $140. Previously, BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Neutral on December 12, 2023, and elevated its price target to $133. On November 17, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $125 on the stock. Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Mkt Perform rating and suggested a price target of $123 on September 28, 2023. Evercore ISI downgraded its rating to a In-line and reduced its price target to $124 on July 31, 2023. Wells Fargo reiterated a Overweight rating for this stock on May 24, 2023, and downed its price target to $160. In a note dated May 24, 2023, TD Cowen reiterated an Outperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $168 to $145.
For the past year, the stock price of Agilent Technologies Inc. fluctuated between $96.80 and $145.43. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $149.33 within the next 12 months. Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] shares were valued at $137.36 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.71% based on the average A price forecast.
Analyzing the A fundamentals
According to Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE:A], the company’s sales were 6.74B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -5.58% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.51% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.18%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.21 and Total Capital is 0.14. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.41.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 136.14 points at the first support level, and at 134.91 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 138.31, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 139.25.
Agilent Technologies Inc. [A] reported earnings per share of $1.29 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 1/30/2024. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $1.22/share, meaning a difference of $0.07 and a surprise factor of 5.70%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 10/30/2023 were $1.38 per share as compared to estimates of $1.34 per share, a difference of $0.04 representing a surprise of 3.00%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE:A] has a current ratio of 2.68. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.04 and the Cash Ratio stands at 1.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.98, the price to book ratio is 6.50 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 32.75.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Binns Philip, Senior Vice President, that happened on Dec 27 when 2880.0 shares were sold. V.P., Corporate Controller, Gonsalves Rodney completed a deal on Dec 18 to sell 1500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Sr Vice President Ancher-Jensen Henrik sold 26331.0 shares on Dec 15.
