A share price of Agilent Technologies Inc [A] is currently trading at $113.99, down -2.04%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The A shares have lost -7.54% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.81%, 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 $96.43 and $153.84. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $116 within the next 12 months. Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE: A] shares were valued at $113.99 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 1.76% based on the average A price forecast.
Analyzing the A fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE:A] were 6.63B which represents 6.04% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.4% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.21%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.21%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.18%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.19 and Total Capital is 0.14. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.57.
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 112.61 points at the first support level, and at 111.24 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 116.28, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 118.58.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE:A] is 2.09. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.60, and the Cash Ratio is 0.74. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.89, the price to book ratio is 5.27 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 28.11.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved MCDONNELL PADRAIG, President and CEO, that happened on Jul 01 ’25 when 1508.0 shares were sold. Officer, MCDONNELL PADRAIG completed a deal on Jul 01 ’25 to buy 1508.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Brown Judy L sold 8.0 shares on Jun 18 ’25.
