Agilent Technologies Inc [A] stock is trading at $132.06, up 2.71%. 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 1.41% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.73%, and not 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.
Agilent Technologies Inc [A] stock has fluctuated between $121.23 and $155.35 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $152.64 within the next 12 months. Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE: A] shares were valued at $132.06 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.58% based on the average A price forecast.
Analyzing the A fundamentals
Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE:A] reported sales of 6.50B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -5.62%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.54% 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.5.
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 130.02 points at the first support level, and at 127.97 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 133.15, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 134.23.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Agilent Technologies Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.78. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.37 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.74. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.84, the price to book ratio is 6.43 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 27.37.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved MCDONNELL PADRAIG, President and CEO, that happened on Sep 27 ’24 when 47.0 shares were sold. Senior Vice President, Grau Dominique completed a deal on Sep 26 ’24 to sell 9990.0 shares. Meanwhile, Senior Vice President Grau Dominique sold 5010.0 shares on Sep 26 ’24.
