Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) is 3.57% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $124.16 and a high of $155.35 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The A stock was last observed hovering at around $140.58 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.42%.
Currently trading at $144.00, the stock is 6.96% and 4.84% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.48 million and changing 2.43% at the moment leaves the stock 3.76% off its SMA200. A registered 11.91% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 8.25%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $137.4318 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $138.71545.
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The stock witnessed a 3.13% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.33%, and is 3.17% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.54% over the week and 2.62% over the month.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) has around 18100 employees, a market worth around $42.19B and $6.51B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 32.55 and Fwd P/E is 23.54. Profit margin for the company is 19.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.98% and -7.31% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.95%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.16% this year.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) Top Institutional Holders
1518.0 institutions hold shares in Agilent Technologies Inc (A), with institutional investors hold 91.51% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 287.33M, and float is at 286.10M with Short Float at 1.14%. Institutions hold 91.26% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 33.95 million shares valued at $4.4 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.5878% of the A Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 25.26 million shares valued at $3.28 billion to account for 8.6228 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ which holds 15.06 million shares representing 5.1415% and valued at over $1.95 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.3214 of the shares totaling 12.66 million with a market value of $1.64 billion.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by MCDONNELL PADRAIG, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that MCDONNELL PADRAIG sold 47 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 27 ’24 at a price of $150.00 per share for a total of $7050.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 24071.0 shares.
Agilent Technologies Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Sep 26 ’24 that Grau Dominique (Senior Vice President) sold a total of 9,990 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Sep 26 ’24 and was made at $145.00 per share for $1.45 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 40011.0 shares of the A stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 26 ’24, Grau Dominique (Senior Vice President) disposed off 5,010 shares at an average price of $145.00 for $0.73 million. The insider now directly holds 46,762 shares of Agilent Technologies Inc (A).
