At the time of writing, Agilent Technologies Inc. [A] stock is trading at $146.74, up 5.24%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The A shares have gain 3.37% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.00%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 28, 2024, when Wells Fargo initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $157. Previously, Citigroup upgraded its rating to Buy on July 10, 2024, and elevated its price target to $150. On June 27, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Peer Perform. Stifel upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $163 on April 05, 2024. Wolfe Research started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on December 13, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $140. In a note dated December 12, 2023, BofA Securities downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $130 to $133.
For the past year, the stock price of Agilent Technologies Inc. fluctuated between $96.80 and $155.35. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $144.9 within the next 12 months. Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] shares were valued at $146.74 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.25% based on the average A price forecast.
Analyzing the A fundamentals
According to Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE:A], the company’s sales were 6.50B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -5.62% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.55% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.22%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.13, Equity is 0.23 and Total Capital is 0.17. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.5.
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 142.53 points at the first support level, and at 138.33 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 148.95, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 151.17.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE:A] has a current ratio of 1.78. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.37, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.74. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.49, the price to book ratio is 7.15 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 30.41.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Grau Dominique, Officer, that happened on Sep 26 ’24 when 15000.0 shares were purchased. President and CEO, MCDONNELL PADRAIG completed a deal on Aug 22 ’24 to sell 1958.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer MCDONNELL PADRAIG bought 1958.0 shares on Aug 22 ’24.
