Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) is 0.10% 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 $134.18 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.29%.
Currently trading at $134.47, the stock is -4.95% and -4.53% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.54 million and changing 0.22% at the moment leaves the stock -2.90% off its SMA200. A registered 1.85% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -4.54%.
The stock witnessed a -10.92% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.82%, and is -1.95% down 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 1.92% over the week and 2.13% over the month.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) has around 17900 employees, a market worth around $38.36B and $6.51B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 30.38 and Fwd P/E is 22.00. Profit margin for the company is 19.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.30% and -13.44% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.73%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.16% this year
The shares outstanding are 285.19M, and float is at 283.99M with Short Float at 1.14%.
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 5.1947 and valued at over $$1.95 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.3661 of the shares totaling 12.66 million with a market value of $$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 1,911 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 21 ’25 at a price of $150.00 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 39652.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 27 ’24, MCDONNELL PADRAIG (President and CEO) disposed off 47 shares at an average price of $150.00 for $7050.0. The insider now directly holds 24,071 shares of Agilent Technologies Inc (A).
