Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) is -10.12% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $117.17 and a high of $155.35 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The A stock was last observed hovering at around $120.28 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.47%.
Currently trading at $120.75, the stock is -3.33% and -11.58% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.04 million and changing 0.39% at the moment leaves the stock -11.50% off its SMA200. A registered -18.07% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.14%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $136.5674 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $136.43304.
The stock witnessed a -11.73% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.51%, and is -0.35% 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 1.95% over the week and 2.79% over the month.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) has around 17900 employees, a market worth around $34.43B and $6.53B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.75 and Fwd P/E is 19.79. Profit margin for the company is 19.27%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.06% and -22.27% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.43%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.28% this year.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) Top Institutional Holders
1540.0 institutions hold shares in Agilent Technologies Inc (A), with institutional investors hold 91.92% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 285.23M, and float is at 283.98M with Short Float at 1.21%. Institutions hold 91.65% 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 5.1947% 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 Gonsalves Rodney, the company’s V.P., Corporate Controller. SEC filings show that Gonsalves Rodney sold 1,908 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $121.98 per share for a total of $0.23 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 21786.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 06 ’25, Rataj Sue H. (Director) disposed off 6,971 shares at an average price of $126.38 for $0.88 million. The insider now directly holds 19,640 shares of Agilent Technologies Inc (A).
