Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) is -10.98% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $96.43 and a high of $153.84 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 $117.64 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -115.37%.
Currently trading at $2.27M, the stock is 2.43% and 6.70% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.69 million and changing 1689785% at the moment leaves the stock -7.89% off its SMA200. A registered -11.70% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -10.94%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $111.1744 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $128.77965.
The stock witnessed a 9.30% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.57%, and is 2.18% 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 0.53% over the week and 1.45% over the month.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) has around 17900 employees, a market worth around $33.70B and $6.63B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 29.26 and Fwd P/E is 19.59. Profit margin for the company is 17.59%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.01% and -22.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.29%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.39% this year
1482.0 institutions hold shares in Agilent Technologies Inc (A), with institutional investors hold 91.91% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 283.94M, and float is at 282.97M with Short Float at 1.46%. 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 11.7077 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 8.712 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 Brown Judy L, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Brown Judy L sold 8 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 18 ’25 at a price of $116.53 per share for a total of $904.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1677.0 shares.
Agilent Technologies Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 31 ’25 that Podolsky Daniel K (Director) sold a total of 1,819 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 31 ’25 and was made at $116.46 per share for $0.21 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 35737.0 shares of the A stock.
