A share price of Agilent Technologies Inc [A] is currently trading at $126.55, up 0.03%. 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 lost -0.42% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -13.93%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE: A] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 10, 2025, when Barclays upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and also boosted its price target to $145 from $135. Previously, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on August 28, 2024, and set its price target to $157. On July 10, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $150 on the stock. Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Stifel upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on April 05, 2024, and upped its price target to $163. In a note dated December 13, 2023, Wolfe Research initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $140 on this stock.
Agilent Technologies Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $121.45 and $155.35. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $151.67 within the next 12 months. Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE: A] shares were valued at $126.55 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.85% based on the average A price forecast.
Analyzing the A fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE:A] were 6.53B which represents 1.39% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.54% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.21 and Total Capital is 0.15. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.56.
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 125.04 points at the first support level, and at 123.54 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 128.78, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 131.01.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE:A] is 2.20. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.66, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.78. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.52, the price to book ratio is 5.99 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 29.08.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Rataj Sue H., Director, that happened on Mar 06 ’25 when 6971.0 shares were purchased. President and CEO, MCDONNELL PADRAIG completed a deal on Jan 21 ’25 to sell 1911.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer MCDONNELL PADRAIG bought 1911.0 shares on Jan 21 ’25.
