Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) is -14.22% 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 $112.94 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.49%.
Currently trading at $113.43, the stock is -4.44% and -1.56% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.25 million and changing 0.43% at the moment leaves the stock -10.99% off its SMA200. A registered -15.56% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.09%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $115.0022 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $127.70445.
The stock witnessed a -3.12% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 7.83%, and is -6.49% 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 3.42% over the week and 2.58% over the month.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) has around 17900 employees, a market worth around $32.22B and $6.63B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.98 and Fwd P/E is 18.74. Profit margin for the company is 17.59%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.63% and -26.27% 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 5.49% this year
1470.0 institutions hold shares in Agilent Technologies Inc (A), with institutional investors hold 91.83% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 283.94M, and float is at 282.97M with Short Float at 1.19%. Institutions hold 91.56% 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 MCDONNELL PADRAIG, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that MCDONNELL PADRAIG sold 1,508 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 01 ’25 at a price of $117.44 per share for a total of $0.18 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 37448.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 18 ’25, Brown Judy L (Director) disposed off 8 shares at an average price of $116.53 for $904.0. The insider now directly holds 1,677 shares of Agilent Technologies Inc (A).
