Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) Stock Has Average Target Price of $173.65

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-one research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and seventeen have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $181.00.

A has been the subject of several analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Agilent Technologies from $170.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on Agilent Technologies from $180.00 to $195.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 8th. Evercore increased their price target on shares of Agilent Technologies from $148.00 to $178.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Agilent Technologies from $155.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price objective on shares of Agilent Technologies from $180.00 to $196.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 13th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Agilent Technologies

In other news, Director Mikael Dolsten sold 634 shares of Agilent Technologies stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.38, for a total transaction of $95,974.92. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,924 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $745,395.12. This trade represents a 11.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

Institutional Trading of Agilent Technologies

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. SHP Wealth Management bought a new position in Agilent Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Agilent Technologies in the first quarter worth about $27,000. Markowski Investments bought a new stake in shares of Agilent Technologies in the second quarter worth about $27,000. Keating Financial Advisory Services Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Agilent Technologies in the second quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, MidFirst Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Agilent Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $33,000.

Agilent Technologies Stock Performance

A stock opened at $172.98 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $161.48 and its 200-day moving average is $139.79. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The company has a market cap of $48.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 1.21. Agilent Technologies has a twelve month low of $108.35 and a twelve month high of $179.10.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The medical research company reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $1.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.84 billion. Agilent Technologies had a return on equity of 24.45% and a net margin of 19.53%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.37 earnings per share. Agilent Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.710-1.740 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 6.180-6.210 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Agilent Technologies will post 6.20 EPS for the current year.

Agilent Technologies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 6th will be issued a $0.2550 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 6th. This represents a $1.02 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. Agilent Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.08%.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies, Inc is a global provider of analytical laboratory instruments, software, services and consumables. The company serves customers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, food, environmental, energy and academic research sectors, as well as diagnostic and clinical laboratories.

Agilent’s offerings include liquid and gas chromatography systems, mass spectrometry instruments, spectroscopy and atomic instruments, laboratory automation products, genomic and cell analysis solutions, and related software.